RAH with only 25 YP all 8"-9" you may have mostly females. It can depend on their age. For good production I like to buy a mix of sizes. YP are relatively cheap so in my pond I try to suppress production. And each year buy 30-50 quality pellet trained YP to replace what is harvested. With one sizable egg strand from a female YP 8"-10" long one can easily get 7,000 - 10,000 fry. If the pond does not have significant predation one can easily have way too many fingerling YP and their growth is thus only moderate to slow. I want my YP to be mostly all large and move quickly into the 12" size class.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 03/31/14 08:21 PM.
