My first pond, many years ago. 1/4 acre with no fish. So, I started stocking with fatheads, bluegills, red ears, bass and catfish. For a couple of years everything went well. Big bass, big cats, Etc. Then the inevitable O2 crash occurred. I had no idea about carrying capacity. Then I ran into a young guy named Lusk who explained it to me. I started seining and dumped fish on the bank. Too late; it was polluted. Took quite a few years and the inevitable Texas drought to fix things.
Bob told me the most important consideration is water quality. He still says, “Take care of the water and the fish will be fine. A pond is like a garden. It has to be harvested.”
This stuff is really all about the environment(Lusk).
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