Back to the topic of fish for this thread;
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Add about 100 YP any size into your 0.3 ac. If you are an angler consider adding just one hybrid striped bass or one SM bass, or just one channel catfish or just one bowfin,

An additional idea.
Another single predator fish, in addition to or in place of those mentioned above, that you could add to the population of reproducing yellow perch(YP) would be ONE chain pickerel - native to the east coastal area. . Doesn't get overly large and thus would consume lots of smaller YP each year. The number of predators that the pond would need to keep the YP from overpopulating will depend on how well the YP reproduce (recruit young ones) to add new YP per year and how many YP of any size that you harvest each year. Your fishery may only need two of the aforementioned predators. If small YP appear to be too numerous then each year add an additional single specie predator. Your management goal will be to monitor each year the relative numbers and sizes of YP in the pond to insure the YP are growing well with all sizes present and having some large adults shown by the sampling techniques: angling, seining , trapping. Together all five of the single specie predators would be capable of eating 1500 - 2000 small YP per year that is probably too many small YP losses for your small 1/3 ac pond.

Last edited by Bill Cody; 03/07/25 03:42 PM.
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