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Re: Time to select the fish setternut #447168 05/13/16 08:38 PM
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 29,788 Likes: 1295 Grovertown, Indiana esshup Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker
esshup Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 29,788 Likes: 1295 Grovertown, Indiana	Originally Posted By: setternut Thanks all. I will give some of these folks a call. The next decision I will have to make this fall or next spring is what predator. I really like the idea of SMB, but I don't have a lot of confidence in how they will do in my pod that tends to get pretty muddy. Talk to Chris Steelman here on the forum. He had them in Texas in a pretty turbid pond. www.hoosierpondpros.com http://www.pondboss.com/subscribe.asp?c=4 3/4 to 1 1/4 ac pond LMB, SMB, PS, BG, RES, CC, YP, Bardello BG, (RBT & Blue Tilapia - seasonal).

Re: Time to select the fish esshup #447251 05/14/16 09:04 PM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 51 KS S setternut
setternut S Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 51 KS	Originally Posted By: esshup Originally Posted By: setternut Thanks all. I will give some of these folks a call. The next decision I will have to make this fall or next spring is what predator. I really like the idea of SMB, but I don't have a lot of confidence in how they will do in my pod that tends to get pretty muddy. Talk to Chris Steelman here on the forum. He had them in Texas in a pretty turbid pond. I am leaning toward the SMB, and if they don't do well I can always go to LMB.

Re: Time to select the fish setternut #450789 06/28/16 08:17 PM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 51 KS S setternut
setternut S Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 51 KS	Its been about 6 weeks since I added the HBG and the FHM. I was walking around the bank looking to see if I could see any signs of my fish of minnows. The water is much clearer than what it has been in the past now that I have killed off all of the bullheads. But I had a grasshopper spook and jump in the pond, in about 2 seconds I had a 3-4" BG come up and hit it on the surface. They have grown a little so far.

Re: Time to select the fish setternut #450797 06/28/16 09:05 PM
Joined: May 2013 Posts: 2,994 Likes: 181 West Michigan C canyoncreek
canyoncreek C Joined: May 2013 Posts: 2,994 Likes: 181 West Michigan	setternut, pray, do tell, how did you kill off all the bullheads? They are not easy to selectively remove!

Re: Time to select the fish setternut #450993 06/30/16 10:30 PM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 51 KS S setternut
setternut S Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 51 KS	I drained the pond down as far as I could, then added hydrated lime. this thread has more detail. http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=442542#Post442542