Adding crappie from another pond? - 04/05/08 03:32 PM
Hi all,
My 1/4 acre pond is 1 1/2 years old. Initially, I stocked 100 CC (6"), 100 BG (2-3") and 10 LMB (6"). I haven't had any floaters and the CC average 1 to 2 lbs and the BG flourish. There are plenty of frogs and one little turtle. The pond is aerated and we feed with floating fish food pretty regularly because it's fun.
Over the year and a half, we caught 3 of the LMB while they were really small. They swallowed the hook badly, but we threw them back anyway, hoping they would survive. I caught another bass the other day and it was fair sized, about 8 or 9". It also swallowed the hook and I threw it back in. The bluegill seem to flourish, because they are always aggressively eating the fish food (fun to watch them skip across the water like rocks). I caught a good sized bluegill the other day.
My question is, could or should we add some more LMB to the pond? If so, how big? Also, I've never added any minnows other than leftovers after fishing awhile. Should I get some minnows?
Also, our neighbor has some good sized crappie in his pond and I wondered if we could fish his pond and add our catch to our pond.
Your thoughts?
Thank you, Janan
My 1/4 acre pond is 1 1/2 years old. Initially, I stocked 100 CC (6"), 100 BG (2-3") and 10 LMB (6"). I haven't had any floaters and the CC average 1 to 2 lbs and the BG flourish. There are plenty of frogs and one little turtle. The pond is aerated and we feed with floating fish food pretty regularly because it's fun.
Over the year and a half, we caught 3 of the LMB while they were really small. They swallowed the hook badly, but we threw them back anyway, hoping they would survive. I caught another bass the other day and it was fair sized, about 8 or 9". It also swallowed the hook and I threw it back in. The bluegill seem to flourish, because they are always aggressively eating the fish food (fun to watch them skip across the water like rocks). I caught a good sized bluegill the other day.
My question is, could or should we add some more LMB to the pond? If so, how big? Also, I've never added any minnows other than leftovers after fishing awhile. Should I get some minnows?
Also, our neighbor has some good sized crappie in his pond and I wondered if we could fish his pond and add our catch to our pond.
Your thoughts?
Thank you, Janan