Gentlemen,
Just had a recent 2 acre pond that was almost pumped dry for rennovation get completely filled again, so I need to start the food chain again. Would appreciate some recommendations, here are the facts:
Pond shape is an elongated tear-drop, with a shallow entry [1-2 ft, lots of native grasses and goat-weed since it has been dry for 9 mo's], then it goes to 3-4ft, 5-6ft, 7-9ft, then drops-off to 17-18ft. The gradual deepening lenght is 110yds x 15yds - 30 yds width, then the deep end is 40yds x 40yds with 1/1 slope..all other slopes are 30 degrees. At the entry way, there are many oak branches tied-together for "reef-like" structures...
Water clarity is 18-24" and pH is 7...when full, tons of watershed..with recent rains, spillway had 12-14" x 25ft of water going out for 24 hrs plus...at edge of spillway, installed 6 ft T-Posts with gal-wire 2"x 2" sq's 2 ft tall, then plastic coated wire mesh with 1/4" sq's...only small minnows make it thru...
No fish in the pond except some very small minnows that may have come downstream or were left in the remaining 2-3" of water in the deep end.
So, the goal is to make this a nice LMB fishing pond with HBG/C-Nose/Red-ear for the kids. I have access to fathead minnows, shiners, HBG, CoppernoseBG & RE-Bream. For now, I want to stock the forage chain, get established, then stock with LMB fingerlings...when stocked, will feed with pellets on the weekends [fri-sat-sun] - appreciate your recommendations.
Regards,
Rain
Last edited by rain; 01/31/12 07:11 AM.
