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The net is 1/4 mesh may have some issue with shiners but maybe not the fatheads. The LMB that are available in May are 2 to 3" and price is $1.80 per fish.

esshup, From what you said I was way over loaded, 1lb of fish per gallon of water over twice what you said with pure O2. I have a O2 tank I could rig up. Do you use a regulator like one on a cutting rig? What do you set the psi to? Does it require a nozzle or just an open hose? Will to much O2 cause a problem?
As far as the CNBG 2000 small 1 to 1 1/2" and 200 3 to 4" in each tank with 40 gallons of water. On that trip I hauled 40lbs of fatheads back in bags. The trip is about 1 1/2 hours and didn't loose a single one.
Anderson fish farm in Lonoke Ar

Target the LMB when they are spawning. The males are easy to catch when they are guarding the nest, and the females can be caught if they are hanging out around the nest getting ready to spawn. As for the BG, when they are nesting you can catch the males easily, and if you fish out about 2'-3' deeper than the BG nesting colony you can usually catch the female BG.

Easiest way to disrupt the spawning cycle is to catch and remove.

yes rectangular. Thanks for info

Hi John

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Pay attention to what Bill said. We did a two year test at a customers place that had 4 ponds, all in the woods, all about the same size and same depth. We aerated one with a grid based aeration system, aerated one with a grid based aeration system and threw in bacteria, just threw in bacteria with no aeration and left one alone with no aeration and no bacteria.

We found that compared to the pond that we left alone:

The pond with grid based aeration had 4" less muck build up.

The pond with grid based aeration and bacteria had 6" less muck build up.

The pond with bacteria and no aeration had 2" less muck build up.

The pond that we left alone had roughly 8"-10" muck build up over the 2 year test.

If you don't want to or can't put up a fence, leave tall grass or tall dense marginal plants grow up around the pond to trap the leaves before they get into the pond. Then rake the leaves away or burn the whole pond bank in late winter before things start growing.

Centex, I see you, at one point above, called your pond a tank. I knew without looking that you were from Texas. Hang in there.

Steve:

Send me a PM with the pond address. I can map it from a satellite to verify the size. Go Daddy decided that they wouldn't support the web store format and couldn't transfer any of the data to their new system so I am looking into a new store format.

From where the compressor will be placed the first diffuser needs to be in the deepest part of the pond. That will give you an idea of the length of self sink tubing you will need. If the compressor will be at the edge of the pond, it needs to be inside a cabinet that has a fan to suck out the hot air - similar to a large desktop computer fan.

If the compressor will be in a building away from the pond, then you will need to trench in 1" black poly pipe to the edge of the pond and switch to self sinking tubing. If you need more than one diffuser, you will need a manifold box at the side of the pond or a manifold inside the cabinet that the compressor is in at the side of the pond.

Don’t really want to grow fish

Just want it back the way it was 3 years ago if that makes
Sense

Over the weekend I added two Dunstan Chestnut trees and replaced two that I killed by over-watering.

I've got six more to plant. Two are going in the house yard. I haven't decided where to put the last four.

Half a dozen of the trees in the grove have grown a foot or more out of the grow tube. It's time to pull those
tubes and replace them with wire cages.

3" BG under a cork is the quickest way to catch the HSB in my pond.

For NY, I'd look into Golden Shiners. There are no shad species that will survive the winter that won't cause problems down the road.

Here in N. Indiana Gizzard shad can grow from spawning to being too large for LMB to eat in less than a year. The local lake has Gizzard Shad in it. The last gill net survey the DNR did showed that they made up 60% of the fish biomass in the 365 acre lake.

I'd be expecting the current hatch to be available in late June or July. I just picked up 3"-4" LMB from there on Monday.

Send that excess wet stuff my way.

I have a Texas Hunter feeder set to go off in the morning and early evening. If I can't get the fertility up, perhaps I should add a second feeder to a different part of the pond to offset, as you suggest.

This is something I have not witnessed.. I'd like to hear from Cody on this.

RER , just spent a couple of very enjoyable hours reading of your Pond experience. Any Updates, Pray all is well.

Since esshup let me know that shiners don't spawn on brush, I ordered some spawning mats to put out. I actually had shiners nipping at a Rooster Tail yesterday so there are shiners surviving in the pond. I took the net down to chase any bass out and put it back up. Hopefully that takes care of the problem with the enclosure. Now I need to get some more shiners to put in the enclosure since the shiners probably left for the main pond too.

Here's the pond:
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Some grass (Japanese Stiltgrass) hanging into the water (possible spawning cover in addition to the mats I ordered):

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The enclosure:

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Does PLM have a new website? I was on there this spring and it didn't seem like they had anything in stock.

Listen to Bill. Rotary vanes are a whole LOT easier to rebuild too.

Depending on how much ice/snow you get you might want one in 4-5 foot of water for winter aeration. You shouldn't run the in the deepest part of the pond during the winter.

I'm with you FR , Grand Children and Great Grandchildren are the answer . 14 plain Grands , 2 Great Grands , take all I can have. I give thanks for every one . Couldn't have stocked Saugeye last week without the help of a older one.

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Hey Kris been a while. Reach out - let’s huddle and strategize. Happy to help in any way I can.

You are welcome, and I agree that those fish were probably born last year.

Due to their smaller size, I would guess they're born late summer '23.