Forums36
Topics40,944
Posts557,788
Members18,483
|
Most Online3,612 Jan 10th, 2023
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2016
Posts: 9
|
OP
Joined: Jul 2016
Posts: 9 |
Have a 3/8 acre pond newly constructed this Summer. The deep end is filled so far with about 2 feet of water and is pooled about 50 x 30 feet. (10 ft depth eventually)Hopefully pond will be mostly filled at end of next spring. Anyways could I stock minnows now?
I live in snowbelt and the water is of course muddy with clay bottom and will be frozen over with probably a foot of snow all this winter. Or would it be best to wait FHM until Spring?.. then stock in Fall? Just trying to get a jump on things.....
Jack of all trades but master of none.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 16,051 Likes: 277
Moderator Lunker
|
Moderator Lunker
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 16,051 Likes: 277 |
First step: Get the water tested. If OK, I would go ahead and toss in some fatheads. A water hole without fish is just a wet hole. Buy some feed and hand feed them. They won't be able to graze in muddy water.
Last edited by Dave Davidson1; 09/15/16 01:40 PM.
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 6,080 Likes: 1
|
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 6,080 Likes: 1 |
FWIW I built my pond fall of 2013 but did not stock the FHM until spring of 2014. My rationale, right or wrong, was that FHM have a short life span and will not breed during the winter anyway so I did not see an advantage to a fall stocking in a new pond. I actually considered it a plus to let the pond develop the basic elements in the food chain before stocking.
Not a pro. Just my 1 cent.
Last edited by Bill D.; 09/15/16 08:17 PM. Reason: Clarification
Be Brave Enough to Suck at Something New!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 152
Fingerling
|
Fingerling
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 152 |
Good land management is an extended learning experience-Aldo Leopold
|
|
|
Moderated by Bill Cody, Bruce Condello, catmandoo, Chris Steelman, Dave Davidson1, esshup, ewest, FireIsHot, Omaha, Sunil, teehjaeh57
|
|