Cecil, thanks for the salt info. I may try that.
Guy's, I wish y'all were here too. Last time we seined that pond, I almost got divorced over it. I got a wider/deeper net, and we will work off the banks this time. No trudging around in muck at the bottom of the pond.
So far, we've had some interesting finds. The HSB looked like tiny little footballs. They haven't grown lengthwise that much yet, but they are almost round. I hope that means they are hammering fry, because they just aren't eating enough fish food to warrant that much growth.
The sun was right last time, and the Camelot Bells were very easy to distinguish. I've never seen LMB with golden metal flake down their back, but the CB's have it.
Tony, no hybrids of any kind have been seined up yet. My GSF are 3" to 7", and that makes me wonder when they got in the pond. If it was this year, could their spawn/spawns just not synced with the CNBG spawns? I was certainly expecting at least some crosses.
Here's some pics from last weekend.
I had read about round cages on the forum, and that made a lot of sense to me. So, I made this one, and it worked well. It can be stored flat, and has 3/4 oz weights on the netting which made the sides hang straight in the water. Very cheap and easy to make. All the GSF went in here while we were moving fish. Netting was added to the top. And yes, I know what it looks like.
One of the original stockers.
Various sized CNBG
