OneMoreCast. A few questions: 1. Did G.Grimes give any opinion why more LMB were not collected? Do you see evidence of annual bass recruitment? Did grimes provide a LMB size structure chart and estimates of LMB densities? Are the bass there and were not collected? What time of day did he electoshock?
2. ""if you are feeding 300-400lbs of feed a week, you are adding 150-200 lbs per week of weight to the feed-eating fish!!!"" Did grimes provide a BG size structure chart and estimates of BG densities? Are you doing any harvesting of the BG? Since the Grimes survey revealed dense BG, Some BG harvest of the large ones should be done or your next problem will be too much fish biomass, fish stresses will occur, and a fish kill will be likely when weather and pond conditions align negatively. Dumping excess food into a contained body of water without appropriate harvest continually increases fish biomass until the pond eventually pukes.
This from Bob Lusk - "Too much feed can result in too many pounds of fish, too many pounds of waste, and ultimately, problems with your water quality, if your pond water can not work with Mother Nature to clean up the extra mess. In extreme cases, I have seen overfed ponds end up with massive die-offs related to poor water quality and low levels of dissolved oxygen."
1. Yes, Greg did supply an opinion as to why more bass were not collected. There are not many in there. lol
I have seen thousands of very small fry this year, but I'll be very surprised if many or any survive the bluegill population.
Greg did supply me with the LMB size chart. He believes that the density is low, which I am good with. But he did suggest I add 40 adult bass. I added 42.
My goal is to ultimately be able to go out on a given day for a few hours and catch 3-4 fish and those fish weigh 6 plus pounds.
The shocking was done mid morning on a cloudy day.
2.Greg did supply me with a BG size Chart. Approximately 60% were 5"-7", 25% 3"-5" and 10% 7"-9". I haven't kept a tab on the numbers or weight of the BG that have been harvested, but it has been hundreds of lbs of 8" plus.
