Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations Evaluating New Pond and New Fish

I might be plant challenged at this point but we have rocks in spades!

Rock Outcroppings

RipRap 1/2 in 1/2 out of the water

On the crays. I think these are either Northerns or Water Nymph. The descriptions for both of these species is very similar (at least for what I've seen on them). Couple pics of what I pulled from the local creek. There we some larger and some smaller but all pretty much looked the same.



I need to recheck on the spawning but I was thinking they mated in the fall. Added spawning info for both species below.

I am curious on the TP. Almost everybody I see online that sells brood fish sells them in 3-5 female with 1-2 male. Why is the 50:50 mix important?

Water inlet is the skinny water for sure. It doesn't have much in the way of pants in it currently. Kind of a work in progress. I would like to deepen it a little and use it as a silt trap for the waterway that feeds it. At the end of the day it will be riprap and plants. Anything I can do to slow down sediments. If the GAM's survive fantastic. If they don't I'm not sure I would try to get more of them.

Pond is 1.5 acre and we stocked 50 LMB. Absolutely on trying to pull some male LMB. From the initial 50 I'd like to pull a min of 10 LMB If we can do that in all males fantastic. If it's a combo of males and underperforming I'd call that a win too.