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#474012 06/12/17 07:30 PM
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Sorry if this is in the wrong section. Just wanted to make sure these are bass. There has to be tens of thousands of them in the 3/4 acre pond I manage. They are already eating ground up aquamax largemouth pellets.


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I'm not sure if those are LMB fry or not.


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I would say my best guest are some shiners. I don't know what species though.


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Minnows


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Here are more. These look more bass like to me but figured I'd see what you folks thought.


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I almost don't think the fry in the first and second picture are the same type of fish.


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Fish in 1st picture are shiners and those in 2nd picture are small LMbass.


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Agree with Bill.

Bass fry (about 12 days after swim up) in a jar. Jar magnifies their size.








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The first pic looks a lot like the minnows in my pond and they should be FHM. My minnows came from a golden shiner farm and I found one shiner as I hand sorted them when stocking. That guy went into the creek and I really don't have the habitat for shiners to reproduce. So, pretty sure these are FHM...



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Thanks for distinguishing between the two. It'll be a week come saturday that Iv'e checked on them. Curious to see if the numbers are still high. Alot of gills in there, some on beds.

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99% of those bass and minnows will be groceries within 12 months. But, that's mama Nature at work.


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