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

I stocked 30# of Mozambique Tilapia in my 2 acre pond on May 7. They were 1/2 pound and less.


Water temps dipped down to 50° before I found any floaters. So far I’ve only recovered 4 — two were still alive (1.34 lbs and .94 lbs) and I’ve seen a total of 6. The rest I’ve harvested have been right around a pound. I’ve got more nutrients than I need, so I’m trying to pull out as many as I can. Temps bounced back to 56° within two days and I haven’t found any more dead since
Got to watch an Osprey harvest one of them after spotting it with my drone.

Secchi visibility is just short of 7 feet so they are easy to spot. There were several ducks on the pond in the picture below. Look like white dots from 350 feet.


Cover - 6 feet deep


I have 2 questions.
Would 1 to 1.34 # be the original stockers?

From one of Mister Cody's previous posts he had some over 2#, but not sure how large they were when stocked.
What length/weight should I expect to see from the ones that hatched?

Here's a video from the drone of the one I spotted that the Osprey harvested. Wish I could have got that on video. I got a couple of pictures with my phone but they are not that good.

Click on WATCH ON YouTube to see the video.



I've got to get ahead of the bushy pond weed next year, I pulled some out earlier this week and it was full of 1/2 inch to 1 inch BG so I guess it does have some benefit.