Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - Golden Shiner Groath Rate - New Pond?

In early May of this year I stocked a batch of GSH (fry), and they seemed to do OK up till about 8 weeks ago. They got to about one inch in length and then seemed to stop growing. This is the first season for my new 1.5 acre pond and there are no other fish in the pond to eat them or thin out the population yet, so i'm wondering if they have run out of natural food to eat? The pond has a lot of algae in it but not much else as far as I can see. My stocking plan was to let these minnows get a good start this season and start stocking some LMB, BG, and maybe some YP next spring. Anyone know how fast the GSH should be for this situation? Any thoughts?

Good scotch is a pleasure. However, on the occasions that I cozy up to whiskey, it's usually Jack Daniels Black. Sorta like the old name of bourbon and branch. Sometimes I forgo the branch part.

I'm essentially a Budweiser and really expensive tequila fan. I love really good margueritas. Cheap tequila tastes like turpentine. My last trip to the liquor store got me a pint of tequila that cost me $67.00. At that price, you gotta ration it and hide it when your son in law comes into town.

However, when it gets cold outside I like De Kuypers Apricot Brandy. Take a sip of that stuff and you can feel the warmth spreading through your body. If you're not careful, you'll get so warm that you can fall of deer stands and bass boats.

I don't like vodka in any form. I recently mentioned that to a friend. He was doing a consulting gig in Russia and brought me a bottle of the best, most expensive Russian stuff. It was unobtainable in the US at any price. He told me to put it in the freezer for a couple of days and sip it straight. Ok, I tried and then returned it to him. It brought back 50 year old memories of projectile vomiting in a friends brand new Ford convertible. As I recall, my girlfriend broke up with me after that deal. I thought that was kinda narrow minded at the time.

Jim Beam is my worst memory. I cant smell it without smelling the aroma of puke in it also.

I was in a teck class in Italy years ago with a bunch of Euro's. They informed me that "whiskey is Scotch; bourban is just that".
Of course, they drank all sorts of other weird liquids, campari, uzo, bols, etc. Being in the 6th fleet for 6 yrs. and 35 yrs. working on ships, I must confess, I have tried them all.
Jack and 7/club soda suits me just fine. Wish I'd had some apricot brandy last night..............for medicinal purposes.

My older brother lead me astray before I was legal, of course, then in Miss. nothing was legal. We stopped at a graveyard to relieve ourselves and for me to throw up.
My brother got down and looked real close at the stuff. I said what are you doing? He said 'looking for your A. H." Laughing while puking really hurts.