Originally Posted By: TGW1
George, This past November I built what will be a 3.5 acre pond in Harrison Co. North of I-20, I consider it to be located in N.E. Texas. Since the beginning of construction, I found Pond Boss and have seen from the pictures and from reading some of the post where you have been successful in raising HSB for fishing and for the pleasure of doing something that was said (it could not be done). In reading this thread, it appears you have been VERY involved in how to be successful in growing HSB in Texas ponds. if I read things correctly, I understand you are doing this on a 2 and 1/4 acre pond. Would you please describe your pond, water depths and etc. And I am guessing you are aerating and such. Can you give someone like me ,a newbie, the how to be successful in such a venture. Will you attend or speak at the PBC?
Thanks
Tracy

Tracy, I am/was an avid Lake Texoma striped bass fly fisherman, so when we built our ponds in 2002 Hybrid Striped Bass were on the top of my list for stocking Hybrid Striped Bass for fly fishing.

To the best of my knowledge, I was the first in this part of the country to achieve the goal of successfully stocking Hybrid Striped Bass in small Texas farm ponds, utilizing fingerlings and growing them out large enough to escape predation when transferred to larger ponds.

It�s been a fun learning experience over the past 10-12 years.
If I were starting over I would do some things different since experiencing record breaking Texas heat and drought conditions.

Let me spend a little time to put my thoughts together and I�ll see what I can put together.

I will not be able to attend the upcoming PB conference due to health issues but I have been invited to the Thursday night IceBreaker.
I will try to attend to see old feinds and meet new ones.
Thanks for your post,
George





N.E. Texas 2 acre and 1/4 acre ponds
Original george #173 (22 June 2002)