Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations YBH culling

Rod, thanks for asking the questions.

I took your advice and recorded one of the schools today.

I did not realize that YBH protect their young. I recorded it in this video. There are 2 fish protecting the swarm.
I saw a BG come in towards them and one of them chased it out. According to Google. Yellow Bullheads are known for their parental care, with both the male and female actively protecting their eggs and young fry. The parents will guard the nest, fan the eggs to aerate them, and after hatching, the male will herd the fry into schools and protect them until they are large enough to fend for themselves.

I caught this school and transplanted them in another small BOW on the property. My wife was with me and said "no don't dump them out" I dropped a couple in the third netting and when she tried to pick them up she was finned three times and it drew blood. She said, OK you can get rid of all of those. LOL