Hey Bob,
I think Cecil is right about bluegills being difficult to find in your area. If you will recall, I have posted to you several times already. I live in the Lewiston/Auburn area of Maine. I don�t know where Waterloo is, but would be interested to hear. Reference Jackman Maine if you know the town.
Anyway, I�ve got a pond project going here in Auburn. In the process of trying to stock the pond, a State Fish and Game Official told me that Bluegill are not known to exist in Maine. That goes against the comments of some of the posters, but I have to believe the Fish and Game Guy.
I think you and I are in the same boat so to speak. I had to go out and catch wild fish to stock in the pond. I put in adult pumkinseeds and Sunny�s (red breasted sunfish), and I think I put in one green sunfish by accident.
If you will recall, I asked you to get some light tackle and worms and try to catch the sunfish in your pond. Didn�t hear back. You should still try to determine what you have already. If you live within 3 hours of me I will consider coming up and helping. The wife likes Canada anyway. Been thinking about a long weekend in Quebec City.
In the short term, your bass will be well served by the goldfish. In my project, I found that the sunfish I put in the pond and their spawn will not eat the fish food that I am providing. The shiners on the other hand love it.
Cecil�s comments that the bluegills are not well received in some places is true. The game and fish guy call them exotics in Maine. Of course, Mainers throw yellow perch on the back as trash fish as well.
Bottom Line Bob�����.sample the population. If you have sunfish, you probably have a lot already. The Bass you put in will do their job and eat �em up.
If you can�t catch any sunfish in your pond and all you got is goldfish, hire some kids to catch about 50-100 sunfish.
Good Luck
