Any progress towards a successful BCP pond? I once tried NP in my 1/4 acre pond that is primarily a YP LMB fishery, with the rare GSF and RBT. 3 years after stocking that pike I have not seen it again. I suppose it perished.
My BOW seems out of the ordinary for this forum. It is fed by cool irrigation water 6 months of the year and very little surface run off the other 6 months. The irrigation water is drawn from a nearby trout river, so is cooler than optimal for the bass. We've had substantial Elodea growth the last 2 years; prior to the last 2 years we had no vegetation whatsoever in the pond. My guess is the former owners saturated the pond with aquacide and more. The fish are growing much faster and larger now as the vegetation is providing habitat for all sorts of insects and the like that were not in the water "before weeds".
We live right by the BOW and can fish it regularly. I remove many of the LMB and occasional perch for the table. I'm told by the state fisheries people that BG don't reproduce well in our cooler waters. I just think I will stock some one of these years to find out for myself. LMB fry are abundant each summer, so there are mouths to feed on BG should I decide to give them a try.
As an aside, I certainly enjoy the rattle of the belted kingfishers when they stop by to drop off a tree limb and snatch up a 3" LMB.
