Why do you want only RES and 0 Bluegill?
My pond is SMB/YP/HSB/RES. I have no LMB to control BG numbers.
We like to swim in the pond. BG are swimmer-nipping savages.
It this one of those you are feeding in the cage? I want to call those boards 2x6s. Am I close?
Yes, yes and yes. 5.75" nominal with ~.3875" gaps between boards.
That RES was stocked late June of '19 at ~2" in size. I think I had them caged for a month or so to get them started on pellets.
Once they figure it out there's no need to keep them locked up.
When we had a cold rain with a lot of runoff they were off feed for a week. Kind of gave up feeding them. Then I fed them late afternoon yesterday and they tore it up. So it is sunny outside right now so will see if they eat today.
My HSB did the same thing after that cold snap that came through a few weeks back. They were in a funk for about a week, but have been eating well since.
I chopped up a bit of deer liver on Saturday and tossed it in mixed with a few pellets. It didn't last long at all.
