Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations PB Mag - Nov-Dec 2006

The way things are going, I'll be able to get my magazine, read it, translate it into Portuguese, etch it on a parchment scroll and send it to Dr. Dave before his comes in the mail.

I get mine back from the Baby-Booty Bronzers Wednesday.

Thanks guys, my guess was walleye also.


Bob, is Savannah Dhu getting walleye recruitment?

Bob -- you really do not need to worry about me. What I've noticed is that sometimes I am among the first to get my copy, while at other times I am near the last. I assume the South Dakota mail must occasionally get stuck on the bottom of the bag, so please don't worry about it! I wasn't complaining, but I have been running to the mailbox at 11 a.m. each morning.

Dave, I don't like how long it takes USPS to deliver the mag. I don't know what to do about it. We have to mail them all at the same time...oh well.
Sunil, Savannah Dhu doesn't get walleye or smallmouth recruitment. They stock advanced fingerlings. Walleye go into a long, winding lake with golden shiners and several small square hatchery ponds full of fathead minnows. Growth is closely monitored and when they hit six to eight inches, they are spread out and given more minnows. At ten inches, they are stocked into the larger lakes to grow to catchable sizes. Survival rates vary from pond to pond, but starting with three inchers, two years later survival is something less than 30%. Smallmouth are different. They are bought from a hatchery at 2-4" in length and feed trained. They are stocked into two fairly large ponds full of fathead minnows. There is at least one feeder per surface acre of water, and the small fish are fed high protein small pellets. They grow pretty fast in that part of the world. At 10-11" they are stocked into the larger ponds.
Same story with tiger musky.
Yellow perch, black crappie, largemouth bass, pumpkinseed and bluegill spawn naturally.