I built a new one-acre pond in Feb 2017 in southern VA. It's 11' deep at the pipe, and is fed by two creeks and multiple springs. It always stays full. You can see the pond
in this video. We stocked it last April (2017) with 10 lbs fathead minnows, 500 BG and 50 RedEar. I fed them all last summer and it was a lot of fun watching them devour the food.
I've seen lots of small (1" and less) fish in the past couple of months, so those are coming from "somewhere." And the pond is full of life, attracting wood ducks, geese and has about a billion tadpoles in it.
But I haven't seen any BG this year. The temps here were reached 90 twice last week and have been in the 80s for a couple of weeks. But when I toss food from the dock, no fish come.
I walk the shoreline daily and have seen no sign...none...of dead fish or anything to suggest the pond isn't vibrant and healthy, as you can see in the video.
So, where are my BG?
