Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Raising Forage and Bait Grass shrimp forage pond

Hello everyone,

I have a 1/3 acre pond in Middle Tn that is 2-3 years old . I was wanting to introduce grass shrimp to the pond when i first dug it, but without any cover it would have been a waste of time and they'd have been eaten out in no time. Even though I wasn't able to get them going at the time I've never let the idea go of having them in the pond. I think they'd be a great food source for my primarily pan fish pond.

So my current thinking is that I could dig a small 25' x 25' x 2-4' deep area at the front of my pond. I would leave a wall to separate the two, but it'd basically be touching my current pond. I can fill it with my well water which I've got running 8 hours every night on a timer already and it'd be super easy to re route it to this area. Then I could get some vegetation growing in this area and put some grass shrimp in there. I could then let them get good and well established and then start moving them into the big pond and hopefully get them established. I could also eventually just dig out the wall separating the two and make my current pond just a tad larger. Or keep it separated and have a local source of grass shrimp for my pond buddies.

Thoughts?

Sounds like a plan….. do you have weeds and grass in established pond? If so they might make it just fine. Do you have a source to get all you want? Mine survived just fine in my pond

I'm just starting to get some vegetation in the main pond. I'd imagine another year or so and it'll be ready for shrimp. This would just let me HOPEFULLY grow a bunch to stock at one time so that i have a better shot and getting them established. My only for sure source is to order from the Ebay guy. I will be going to Louisiana this summer fishing though and may stop by some creeks or flooded ditches and try to net some to bring back.

If you have enough vegetation, you don't need the separation. That's my experience.