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Re: Hello all
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Nov 18th a 11:50 AM
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by Dave Davidson1 |
Dave Davidson1 |
Welcome LD. I have a potential concern with a 3/4 acre forage only pond unless it can be almost thoroughly or almost totally managed through seining.
A pond and nature truism is that every predator needs prey but it is also true that every prey needs a predator to keep it from over spawning, fouling the water, and creating a fish kill. The same bass/bluegills relationship exists between coyotes and rabbits.
I tried it with a 1/4 acre one that I have prior to learning something about it. I was raising forage fish; bluegills and fathead minnows to stock in a larger pond that I was building. I waited too long to seine it, got an oxygen crash, and the resulting mess is still memorable 30+ years later.
I like forage ponds and have raised some whopper bluegills in them but I keep an eye on them.
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