Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose initial stocking of georgia pond

heck no I'm not offended at all. Ewest once again good advice.

thanks greg and ewest---i will follow that advice--do nothing, supplemental feed if need to, then fertilize if absolutely have to.---greg one reason i don't care if i get bass in there this year is if we go thru another dry season like we did in 2006 then i want the chance to see how the pond holds up--don't want to lose a bunch of fish due to low water conditions in the first year if i can help it.---maybe i will get more water during the summer than i anticipate this year has me a little timid on that issue--i sure hope we aren't seeing a trend develop with more weather like this past summer--nearly every pond around here either dried up or halfway dried up---the ponds that survived best were on flowing creeks--i did notice several people took advantage and cleaned out and deepened their ponds--yeck even my creek dried up--with these last rains i have a good bit in the deeper end already-- it already looks like i'll have to wade to put in my last couple of porcupines and add a couple of cedars. look forward to meeting both greg and frank in person soon.

Greg,

Yes, sometimes, but since retiring, I just don’t have time to read as much…imagine that. :p

I certainly agree with you far more that it once appeared to some …but actually it in fact only appeared that way. By the way, I still haven’t got that small feeder working since the coons destroyed it.


Ga pond rookie,

You expressed it very well….Gams will never be a significant forage item for large bass, but they contribute mightily to small bass trying to get to be big bass in a hurry, as well as feed your larger BG. I have never had to restock them…one pond is estimated to be at least 75 years old and is teeming w/Gam’s. You need to have some shallow water weeds/grass etc. for best results. Greg can probably get you some, but if not you can get some from Ken’s Hatchery as they recommend stocking the Gam’s with all their orders. Kind of like the American express guy, I wouldn’t have a pond without them.

Good luck to you!