Guys, thanks for the input. got the fish delivered on Saturday. Had to look up what a Cormorant was, man those things look like they could do some damage to a forge base. Thanks for the heads-up on that one.
I'm definatly gonna keep the LMB #'s down and looking to add some creyfish later on in the year. Also currently looking for some GSH to add in now. I did forgo the HBG for regular BG.
Used Wallace Fish farm, and was happy with the fish, didn't see any dead BG and saw just a few casualities in the minnows. didn't look at evey fish but tried to inspect as many as i could, didn't see any other species. Wish i could afford two of three times that many but the wife says my pockets are getting pretty shallow on this venture.
my fishing plans for the summer now invole trying to catch as many mature BG as possible to add to the pond. thats a bonus for the kiddos also.
Do you think i will get a spawn this summer from the BG. i would say average size stocked was 2 - 2.5".
Thanks again for the help.
You should get a spawn. Charles put mine in last late March in about a third full pond and by late fall I had some fresh 2" BG along with a lot of smaller ones. If you will give them some supplemental feed, that will help. At least that is what Charles told me and It worked for me. I think they can reach spawning maturity at about 3" if there are no other large BG around to cause a maturity delay. It is my understanding that if you have large BG the smaller ones will delay sexual maturity and put their energy in growth instead of reproduction organs. Natures way of managing populations I guess.
