Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Creating the food chain Forage pond to support 3 1/2 acres

Two things to keep in mind when building a forage pond are:

1) Plan for plenty or reproduction cover and habitat for the forage fish.

2) Plan on figuring a way to make the cover/habitat easily removable so that seining the pond to remove the forage is feasible.

There is no point in making a forage pond to supply another pond if you cannot easily get out the amount of forage that you need.


Now for another way of thinking.......

If it takes 10# of forage fish to put one pound on one predator, and it takes less than 4 pounds of feed (as little as 1.2 pounds) to add one pound of weight to one fish, depending on species. How many pounds of forage would it take to be removed and transferred per year to meet your growth goals for the 3.5 acre pond?

So, if you figure in 2 Texas Hunter Feeders (figure on the high side at $1,000.00 each), and food at $1.00 per pound, what is more cost effective and more reliable?