First I would like to thank everyone for the great advise given on this site. Bill you have a lot of good questions and I will try to answer them as best as I can.
1. I stocked maybe 16 per acre three and four years ago. But now I would say it is much lower. I fish 4 or 5 times a week for a 1/2 to 1 hour at a time and have only caught a hand full of bass. (2) Their size were 10 to 15 inches. (3) I returned all back to lake so I do not know what they are eating. I did not weigh them but their heads were very small in size compared to the rest of their body, same with the catfish. (4) I have never caught a small bass under 10 inches but have caught a lot of black crappie in the 3 to 7 inch size. This year was a good year for crappie. Watched them grow up from 1 to 1 1/2 inches caught in minnow traps. Then 2 to 3 inches catching them on small tube baits and then in September on 2 1/2 inch curly tail spinner baits at 5 inches. I would catch 10 to 20 bullhead in between any other fish. I would like to say when you catch a 12 or 13 inch bullhead on a sinner bait with a light action pole they are fun to bring in. (5) water clarity changes a lot from clear 36 inches in spring. May gets muddy after a large rain event ( 10 inches visibility ). Then clears up again ( 25 inches ) and turns green from a algae bloom June, July and August ( 12 inches ). Then in September 5 inch rain and lake turned muddy again and still is not cleared up ( 5 to 6 inch visibility). (6) Recruitment of bullheads this year slowed down. Each year I would deep net bait balls out in the spring and I had a hard time finding them this year compared to other years. (7)The last question what fish are in the lake, I put in bass, channel cats, black crappie, bluegill and red ear sunfish.
fish that are also in the lake are green sunfish carp and bull head. Sorry for such a long post and Merry Christmas!!
