...just went and tossed some in to see what would happen, and 6" CNBG went wild.
Justin,
If you have a lot of 6 inch CNBG I would consider that a very good thing. IMO then you probably have the CNBG brood stock you need at a size big enough to avoid predation by your LMB. I agree with what Tracy posted earlier, I think adding 1 to 3 inch CNBG would be a waste of money as they would quickly become bass snacks. IMO you also need to be careful to not push the pond beyond its carrying capacity. Aeration would help. Lots of discussion...have you started to form your go forward plan?
Bill D.
I am working on that now. Here is one plan I had laid out, but now am unsure of...
- Harvest as many bass as possible, while keeping and tagging anything above 12" with a RW of 90% or better. I would like to get 120 fish tagged at some point (within a year or so) and cull everything else
- As soon as the water hits 60 and things seem stable, stocking 3000 FHM, 10,000 TFS, 500 3-6" CNBG, 50 lbs Tilapia ( I dont know abbr....lol).
This stocking should allow the pressure to be somewhat taken off of the BG spawn. Again, all of this would have to happen to where as soon as the stockings hit the water, they could start spawning. I would expect the FHM to be gone within a few weeks, the TFS to last 2 years (maybe), the 3-6" CNBG would establish good and spawn multiple times this year, and of course the tilapia breed like rabbits. I would plan to feed 4 lbs. daily.
Any thoughts?
