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Advice or Suggestions #291229 05/10/12 08:08 AM
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 85 Northwest Ohio S sleepyweasel
sleepyweasel S Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 85 Northwest Ohio	just been reading some of your posts about stocking and I want your ideas on my plan. My wife and I recently bought a home in NW Ohio and it has a small .25, or slightly less, acre pond that is 18' deep at the deepest point. Our plan is to raise big sunfish in this pond, and right now it has some decent sized BG's and at least one YP I've seen. Also have caught about 6 LMB's of which the biggest was about 13-14" in length. Also spied on grass carp lurking when the water started to warm but haven't seen him since, and he's about 2 foot or so. I see quite a few small BG's in the 1-3" range and also a few fingerling LMB's in the 2-5" size range. I've added 20 new bluegills in the 5-7" range to the pond to get some new blood introduced to the existing 'gills. Planning on also putting in about 10 RES and 10 Hybrid BG's as well. After the bluegills spawn a couple times I'd like to add half-a-dozen larger - 8-10" LMBs to keep them in check. Does this sound like a reasonable strategy? The pond, as of right now, has very little cover for YOY fish. I've put in three small brushpiles and a bigger LMB as taken control of one of those. Another one holds a lot of small BG's and the remnants of the fatheads that I put in earlier this year. All advice is welcome. Thanks and good fishing, Dan

Re: Advice or Suggestions sleepyweasel #291234 05/10/12 08:43 AM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 1,897 Likes: 63 Central Oklahoma J jludwig
jludwig J Joined: May 2011 Posts: 1,897 Likes: 63 Central Oklahoma	I think you should add a single sex of LMB.

Re: Advice or Suggestions jludwig #291237 05/10/12 09:12 AM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 22,033 Likes: 483 Miss. E ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 22,033 Likes: 483 Miss.	The plan sounds reasonable for your goal. Feeding the BG would help.

Re: Advice or Suggestions jludwig #291248 05/10/12 10:14 AM
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 85 Northwest Ohio S sleepyweasel
sleepyweasel S Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 85 Northwest Ohio	Originally Posted By: jludwig I think you should add a single sex of LMB. What do you mean a single sex? All males or all females? Can you get them from a hatchery? Thanks, Dan

Re: Advice or Suggestions sleepyweasel #291255 05/10/12 11:08 AM
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 3,544 Likes: 1 Illinois, St. louis area Bluegillerkiller Hall of Fame Lunker
Bluegillerkiller Hall of Fame Lunker Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 3,544 Likes: 1 Illinois, St. louis area	Why single sex lmb? Wouldn't he want them to reproduce to keep the BG in check, He wants to raise big sunfish so wouldn't he want high #'s of small bass? I believe in catch and release. I catch then release to the grease.. BG. CSBG. LMB. HSB. RES.

Re: Advice or Suggestions Bluegillerkiller #291270 05/10/12 01:19 PM
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,656 Likes: 1 Fayette County Illinois B Bing Ambassador Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
Bing Ambassador Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker B Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,656 Likes: 1 Fayette County Illinois	Sleepyweasel: What is the purpose of putting in the hybrid bluegill? "I love living. I have some problems with my life, but living is the best thing they've come up with so far." � Neil Simon,

Re: Advice or Suggestions Bluegillerkiller #291276 05/10/12 02:04 PM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 1,897 Likes: 63 Central Oklahoma J jludwig
jludwig J Joined: May 2011 Posts: 1,897 Likes: 63 Central Oklahoma	Originally Posted By: Bluegillerkiller Why single sex lmb? Wouldn't he want them to reproduce to keep the BG in check, He wants to raise big sunfish so wouldn't he want high #'s of small bass? I missed that part. I just saw the pond was .25 acres and thought the bass numbers would easily overcrowd the BG population and nearly wipe it out then he would be left with a stunted bass pond.

Re: Advice or Suggestions jludwig #291280 05/10/12 02:26 PM
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ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 22,033 Likes: 483 Miss.	Originally Posted By: jludwig Originally Posted By: Bluegillerkiller Why single sex lmb? Wouldn't he want them to reproduce to keep the BG in check, He wants to raise big sunfish so wouldn't he want high #'s of small bass? I missed that part. I just saw the pond was .25 acres and thought the bass numbers would easily overcrowd the BG population and nearly wipe it out then he would be left with a stunted bass pond. That can happen absent proper mgt. LMB only ponds are not uncommon up north with no mgt.

Re: Advice or Suggestions Bing #291441 05/12/12 04:01 AM
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 85 Northwest Ohio S sleepyweasel
sleepyweasel S Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 85 Northwest Ohio	Originally Posted By: Bing Sleepyweasel: What is the purpose of putting in the hybrid bluegill? Bing, There is no particular purpose to adding hybrid BG's, other than a little diversity in the pond. Why do you ask? Thanks, Dan

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