Update: pond is doing well after one year of management. Have seen at least 3 different 4-6lb bass cruising shoreline at various times and the bass I'm catching are not as skinny as they were last spring. The bluegill are feeding well and looking fat. I've stocked about 25lbs of shiners so far this year and plan to add 50lbs more this week.
The crappie are a bit bigger this year but the bite has been hit and miss as temps keep fluctuating. I'm keeping all the ones I catch and hope that adding GS to the pond will help increase forage for all the predators.
Bass numbers are still on low side - think there had been a lot of caniblization by the bigger bass when forage was short. Also think the otters may have been hitting pond hard in previous years. Figure this year will focus on increasing forage and hopefully will add some F1 fingerlings in June to improve the genetics for larger size.
Last edited by nvcdl; 04/14/20 05:01 PM.
