Thanks a lot for your interest, 4cornerspuddle.
So, i'd say that basically all the fish in my pond are also present in US waters.. except for the rudds maybe... but i think they're very similar to your golden shiners. Unfortunately, so far all the rudds that i saw were really big (2 pounds and over) , maybe because of the overaboundance of intermediate size bass. I hope that as i keep on harvesting bass, all species of forage fish will increase in numbers.
I don't think that water is muddied up too much by carps. In spring visibility is sometimes 10+ feet. In the summer i'd say 3 feet, something like that. In the fall after heavy rain the water can get pretty stained, but usually by christmas it's pretty clear again.
Talking about the trouts,my budget is something around 600�. 8inch RT cost something around 2� per pound. Big trouts (4 pounds and over) cost 2,5. So i was thinking about putting 400 small RT in the pond and 50 - 100 big RT. I won't have any money left for trout feed so i wouldn't feed them. So, considered all this stuff, the main question is: WILL MY BASS BENEFIT FROM THIS SCENARIO, OR NOT?
When you refer to oxygen levels in the summer, i honestly don't know if the big trouts will survive. Surface temps reach 90�F in july and august. I don't know about the temperature down deep, but i noticed on my fishfinder that there is a distinctive layer of different water around 22 feet deep, and i never caught any bass deeper than that. Anyway, regarding RT, i don't care so much since i was thinking about harvesting the big trouts that i catch.
Later i'll post some pics of my pond and also talk about the other ones
. For now, again, do you think that my bass could benefit from the RT stocking program that i thought about? Or do you think that i will do more harm than good?
