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The Nebraska Seine Posse strikes again!
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Come on Man! How bout some details about what you've pulled up?? Is it carp?
In the first pic that Brucille posted, can you describe what we're looking at? I think I see fish on the green sein itself; now what is to the left of the sein? Is it some very shallow water and some dried dirt??
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Agree with Sunil, what hath you guys wrought?
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.
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Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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Carp and catfish by the hundreds!!
We also caught about 100 crappie. This seems to be working. If we can get enough guys together to hit this 3-4 times a year we may get these 'trash' fish controlled. 1 seining has already seemed to improve water quality.
BTW, NEfish, thanks for the pix. I love it. I had forgotten the mountain of fish we hauled out of there. I am trying to get some guys together for a seining party Monday night so I will try to get some more pix. If you can make it, come on down.
PS Guys, this truly seems to be helping the gamefish population and water clarity. Last weekend we caught the first LMB that has been caught out of there with rod-n-reel in years.(10+yrs) And the water quality seems to have improved substantially compared to July of most years. It seems as though the water improves in the winter when there is less trash fish activity, but as soon as the carp start becoming active it turns to chocolate milk.
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I thought I would update this thread just in case we do end up controlling trash fish with the 'seining method'. Last night, 7-31-06, we seined the east arm of my pond again. 3 guys on one side and a 4 wheeler pulling on the other. This time around we caught several times as many catfish (80+) as we did carp (40+). I don't really know why (warmer water temps?). And we only caught 2 crappie. If you recall, the first seining adventure had close to 400 or 500 carp (which after counting the fish this time I am almost certain is a low estimate) ,200 or 300 catfish, and over 100 crappie. Anyway, we cleaned all of the catfish over 1 lb. (15-20) and released the rest in a friends pond. The carp we released onto the shoreline If NEfish and I can coordinate, we plan on hitting it 1 more time over Labor Day. I will try to get pictures. We also hope to hit another pond overpopulated by crappie and releasing them into my pond to help control the trash fish. As much as people do not like overpopulated crappie, I could only wish that was my problem at this point. I am actually hoping they overpopulate, so that the trash fish numbers decline. Remember, water clarity is my issue of concern.
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Tomorrow I'm running the final seine of the year in one of my lined ponds. There should be a good representation of age-1 fish that may go as high as 8 inches. I've isolated these fish so that they only have pellets available. I suspect that a bunch of the fish didn't thrive, but I'll be thrilled if I get 50-100 that look really good for the reproduction pond next spring. I've already packed the camera. I'm hoping to get some pics of those 4.5-5 inch age-zeros too.
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Bruce how did you isolate them so only pellets were available ? Are they in an RAS ? Are there no bugs in the lined pond and if so how did you do that ?
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They're in a lined pond that has little or no vegetation in it. I'm sure there are some invertebrates, but they get hammered so hard from the get-go that they probably don't ever get any size to 'em. I've done some jar sampling and never find anything visible to the naked eye.
Wish me luck.
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Take plenty of pics for us to see !!
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Pulled up over 1,000 bluegill today. These fish are the age-1's that Lusk, Willis, Shorty, Nedoc, Norm, my Dad and I seined up in February. The fish averaged about 4.5 inches, with lots of 5's, 6's and one that was 9 inches!!!!
My biggest shock came when I found these age-1's had pulled off a spawn. There were thousands of bluegill at less than 1 inch to about 1 inch. And that out of a LINED pond with extremely steep slopes and only a little tiny bit of silt stuck to the sides. I guess nature finds a way.
Pictures when I get my computer back someday.
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Those BG are determined and prolific aren't they.
The will to survive by procreation is the dominant force along with food and safety.
Look forward to your pics.
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I think Mr. Cody will find this especially interesting. Apparently even in poor conditions there will be reproduction.
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Ducks probably brought in them young-ens!
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Mother Nature and a little help from Dr. Bruce!
Subscribe to Pond Boss MagazineFrom Bob Lusk: Dr. Dave Willis passed away January 13, 2014. He continues to be a key part of our Pond Boss family...and always will be.
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BG sex?
by tim k - 05/12/24 07:01 AM
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