Get the biggest stockers you can and habituate them.
Take out some small LMB (equal in weight to what you are adding) in addition to your normal harvest. Add a bunch of FH to the habituation area.
I had the habituation technique in mind. Thanks for the Link.
Do you have golden shiners, Dwight? Can't recall.
I haven’t ever seen a Golden Shiner in the pond. Would they be a good additional forage fish for a pit type pond?
Dwight,
I have never seen a bass/bluegill pond with natural pike reproduction. I am sure others have, but we just don't get much pike or walleye to reproduce at all in panfish infested ponds.
That is good to hear. The hammer handle syndrome may apply more to large bodies of water. There are tons of hammer handles in Minnesota lakes. There could be many reasons for that such as over fishing removing the large Northerns.
If you do go ahead and stock them, I can't wait to see the results. Do you have any YP in your pond? I know I have seen you catch some crappies, bass and NP along with BG, but can't recall seeing any other species.
Yes there is a very healthy YP population.
