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#376133 05/12/14 08:12 PM
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Right now these fish have no predation and an almost unlimited supply of forage. I'm curious why I'm catching a few BG that are this skinny. I've gotten stockers from a few different places and I'm not sure if it could just be bad genetics?

http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag368/lukkyseven/20140512_185216_zpsb099b15d.jpg

http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag368/lukkyseven/20140512_185234_zps2dab6438.jpg

It's not often that I catch these fish, but when I do I typically remove them from the pond. Am I doing myself any favors here?

I do have fish that are doing well though, so it's not the entire pond. Here's the only example I have a picture of.

http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag368/lukkyseven/Redbreastbelly_zps2edd64ef.jpg

http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag368/lukkyseven/Redbreastchunky_zps91cbec37.jpg

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That last photo looks like a Redbreast sunfish, rather than a BG to me?


oops....you already know that!

Last edited by sprkplug; 05/12/14 08:17 PM.

"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"

If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1)
And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1)
Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT?
PB answer: It depends.
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Yea, I hate to compare one species to another, but I just didn't have any pictures of healthy bluegill from the pond. Only pictures of this redbreast and my pumpkinseeds.

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Give them BGs a chance to fatten up on that feed and see what happens. Looks like the redbreast is off to a great start.


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Hey LS that top photo looks like a HBG? The mouth on that thing is quite large. Either way both those fish are nice fish. The top one does look a little skinny but looks good otherwise. Maybe there are to many fish for the food availiable? Is that possible not enough to go around maybe? Could just be a growing spurt and it's in-between sizes right now. They look healthy otherwise though. I would just continue to catch some and watch them at this point.

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Nothing to me really screams HBG, but I'm not good at identifying them. I doubt it's a food source issue as I can still see swarms of minnows in the shallows.

Like I said, the majority of fish seem to be average or better. Just a select few seem to be skinny like this. It's pretty rare to pull one up, which is why I have been removing them. I guess I could toss them back and give them a shot.

My concern was poor genetics and I didn't want that to be passed on.

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Well if you have a lot of them then select harvest of some bad ones is no big deal. You may very well be right just may have got some runts from somewhere??

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Are those RBS the ones you got from Zimmerman's? They look real pretty!

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Actually CJ I bought pumpkinseeds from Zimmerman. Here's one of them though (more impressive than the RBS if you ask me).

http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag368/lukkyseven/20140506_182846_zps3199300c.jpg


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