Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations CNBG Double Jeopardy

I didn't have a dock, just a platform at the side of the pond that the feeder was on. I wanted to make sure that the BG got eaten, and I observed that LMB try to get in front of their prey if it is bigger so they can grab it head first, so they don't have to turn it around to swallow it.

Don't be sure that a fish without a tail will be eaten. I rotenoned a pond for a person that was growing LMB for the restaurant industry. There was a LMB in there that had it's tail cut off right behind the anal and dorsal fin. It was approximately 3/4 to 1 pound and all the fish were stocked at 5"-7" long. This particular fish escaped being seined out of the pond 5 times. They had me kill the pond before the new crop of small LMB were stocked to minimize cannibalism losses. I have a picture or two floating around somewhere. I'm assuming the tail got cut off in a knife gate sometime during the fish transportation process.