Bricky

I can imagine how hard you've been chomping at the bit with a new pond excavated followed by one of our worst droughts ever! I understand the feeling of getting things rolling ASAP - we've all been there. We have thousands of years of collective experience here, and we all started right where you are now, and we're simply urging some more patience, if you can manage it, and think about pushing stocking of your CC and HBG until late Summer or Fall. While I realize those months may seem an eternity, your fishery will benefit by allowing your forage base to reproduce and multiply several times in that timeframe.

I would also consider stocking additional forage over the next few months, maybe something as simple as crayfish which can help feed the CC and the HBG will hammer their YOY.

It's good you plan on feeding fish with a pellet program - both HBG and CC will take to pellets readily and grow fast if you feed them a high protein pellet derived from fish meal like Purina AquaMax.

Are you thinking about other species of fish, or is this a CC/HBG only fishery?

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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