pond management - 01/27/03 03:35 PM
i asked this question at TFF...they told me to bring it over here.
I have a hunting lease with a 15 acre or so lake. it is spring fed (clear) and full of food (minners, crawfish, etc)...i have fished it kinda hard and have yet to catch a fish over 10 inches or so. i have a feeling we need to cull out the small fish, which we are beginning to do...however, i am SURE there are some big sows in there somewhere? what do you think? i have tried large/small/ baits of all kinds and fished them just about every way i can think, but still nothing but dinks.
any ideas? should i ASSUME there other other species of game fish in the pond (cats, crappie, etc?) i have only caught bass out of it so far.
I have a hunting lease with a 15 acre or so lake. it is spring fed (clear) and full of food (minners, crawfish, etc)...i have fished it kinda hard and have yet to catch a fish over 10 inches or so. i have a feeling we need to cull out the small fish, which we are beginning to do...however, i am SURE there are some big sows in there somewhere? what do you think? i have tried large/small/ baits of all kinds and fished them just about every way i can think, but still nothing but dinks.
any ideas? should i ASSUME there other other species of game fish in the pond (cats, crappie, etc?) i have only caught bass out of it so far.