I added 85 fingerlings per acre to my pond last June. Survival was low one yr later. The fingerlings were healthy looking and I saw many of them over the next 4 days in the same area of the pond where they were added. I am not sure why the low survival. Could have been the larger sized Bg, or the cranes that walked the shoreline, Kingfisher birds or the darn Cormorants that showed up this past January or the Bald Eagle that took up residence for 3 months. or something else. But I would add more fingerlings than you posted. I like the idea of culling (reducing numbers) more than I like adding more and larger fish next year. Another note, is when having large numbers and sized cnbg will reduce and may eliminate lmb reproduction when and if you have survival of the lmb fingerlings for next yrs lmb spawn.
Just my thoughts
Tracy
Last edited by TGW1; 04/29/16 10:20 AM.
