I found where I read about ratio of male to female...
For good fertilization of eggs they suggest more males than females and a ratio of 10:1 or more. Cecil will have input. You can get fertilization with a 50:50 mix but you will likely see eggs in the strands that are not fertilized.
One thing you can do is keep all or some the fish in the cage until they lay eggs. Cecil and I get YP laying eggs in cages all the time. Remove selected egg strands and hatch them in the pond on brush, baskets or live boxes. After the spawn hand pick the YP you want to grow out and continue as brood stock. One year old males from the 2014 hatch will be available to fertilize next years egg strands.
I found it here...
Bill D, thanks! That's what I remembered!
Bill C, thanks for the clarification. I do have a very small, less than 1/2 acre, pond, but it is chock full of gsf and two lm right now. I plan on draining it this fall, hitting it hard with lime and then using it as a grow out in just the manner you suggested. With no aeration, I won't put too many in, but think I can do some grow out/seining. Right now I use it as a bait pond for gsf when I go cat fishing.
Cmm
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