Originally Posted By: Bill Cody
With bass present the chance of any offspring surviving is minimal. The few you stock will have little impact on the fishery. IF the larger ones survive in your situation, they will be a bonus fish. Stock the minimal legal keeper sizes. Keeping them survivably healthy between catching and release will be your biggest challenge. Consider adding salt to the hauling water (0.5 oz/gal). Just because they swim away does not mean they survive. Time will tell the rest of the story.


Thanks. "Bonus fish" is a great way to put it. I don't want a walleye fishery, just the chance to catch one once in a while. If they don't transport well then oh well. I hadn't thought of salt but it make since. The guys I know that fish with live shad use salt for transportation. If they can keep a shad alive I should be able to keep an eye alive for a while. It would be a long shot to ever catch one again but it would be cool to think they are in there...

19 acre watershed pond
LMB, BC/WC, Bluegill, Crawfish, GShiners