George,
I have a 3/4 acre pond that received aeration 24/7 til last month. I supplemented the water with deep well water....so it didn't get low with the drought. It is 13' at the deepest with about 1/2 at about 5' and deeper. The CNBG were from Tyler fish farms and about 5 years old. Have put Tilapia in the pond the last 2 years and will continue to do so. I still have a ton of forage for the LMB this winter.....I had an early September BG spawn this year.
I have been feeding about 6-8 cups of floating food in the evenings by hand every day. More for the CNBG now that the carp have quit feeding. The Tilapia still come up for a bite now and then.
I have been using a 3/4" hot pink nymph fly and a #8 short shank hook.
The pix of my CNBG may have to wait....the northern from Nebraska just came in and it dropped to a shivering 44 degrees. I'm staying inside today.
