Originally Posted By: CoachB
Really think about your goals (both short and long term). A little longer in the pre planning makes it much better in the long run.

I have stocked perch every year, but only caught one through the ice this year. I then caught a 19 inch bass and figured out where all of my perch went. In hind sight I wish I had done a different plan than what i did. I rushed in and am now working on correcting it.

Personally, I would stay away from the Crappie. I love to fish for them, but they will overtake the pond and you will have to start over in a few years. We have a 10 acre pond in our neighborhood and the crappie have taken over it since they spawn much earlier than anything else and then out eat the later spawners.



Yo Coach, where in the heck have you been? We've missed ya, amigo. How far are the Wolverines gonna make it this year?

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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