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Post by dhayse32 on Jan 13, 2009 11:20:27 GMT -5
I am in the process of getting a pond dug out and stocked...Right now there are no fish in the pond so I get to start from scratch. I want to stick with bass, catfish, and SOME bluegill although I don't want them taking the thing over. Where are some good fish hatcheries in the area? What all do you suggest I put in the pond?
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Post by WPS Team on Jan 13, 2009 12:04:51 GMT -5
Use Hybrid Bluegill, and bass. The catfish will muddy up your pond. The hybrid bluegill is not suppose to over populate your pond, but can and will. If this was the case, the bass would take care of the abundance of bluegill. Also, you will need to place the bluegill first and let them grow before you add the bass.
Catfish is a good option, but like I said before, it will muddy up the pond since catfish are bottom feeders.
hope this helps.
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Post by Woodsman74 on Jan 14, 2009 12:29:17 GMT -5
What are your goals for the pond to start off with?
I have a family member that put hybrid bluegills in his pond and they absolutly took it over. He even has a healthey population of Bass, as he to was told that they would keep the bluegill in check. Now as for the catfish, Cannel cats should not reproduce in a pond and tend to spend a large percentage of their in the middle column of water serching for live pray. I can go fissing in several farm pons for cats and hardly catch anything using baits that you would fish from the bottom. Now tie on a bluegill rig and a cricket or minow and I can hardly keep them off. Also these pons i am refering to are clear enough to see down at least 4 feet. So I would say muddy water is not an issue with channels.
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Post by dhayse32 on Jan 16, 2009 17:01:23 GMT -5
See that is my current problem. One of my ponds is entirely overpopulated with bluegill and fishing there is just miserable. We have actually fished for baby bluegill that we can throw over the d**n. I would like to get some sterile bluegill and just restock as needed. I defiantly want some bass and channel cats, I would say that is the only fish that I stock the pond with. It is not big enough for crappie which I would like to have!
What about any small mouths? Would they have any chance of survival?
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Post by Woodsman74 on Jan 20, 2009 12:26:06 GMT -5
I'm not positive, but I think they prefer cold water. Small ponds tend to warm up to much and therefor proubably would not be a good choice. What about some red ears!
Big old blue cats will clean out a pond in a hurry, but you must remember to remove them after the job is done.
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Post by Woodsman74 on Jan 20, 2009 12:29:11 GMT -5
O'h ya, their fun as Hell to catch to!!!!
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Post by pointerman on Jan 26, 2009 11:08:17 GMT -5
I dug my pod 7 years ago and stocked Bass, Hybrid Bluegill, cat fish and 1000 chub minnows and now the fishing is great. The minnows are for the bass to eat and they will leave your blue gill alone in the beginning and I put in channel cats and hav no problem with them muddying up the pond and my pond is small. Now the blue gill are huge slab sides some as big as a paper plate. Hybrid blue are 95% male so ove population is not a problem the bass will get big enough to take care of any small ones when they breed I would advise though not taking any fish out for the first 5 years or so the bigs get established and the small ones won't take over. My catfish are like pets we feed them every night in the summer they come right to you and wait and will follow you around the pond like a puppy on a leash I catch them and throw them back as they are not breeders. I did alot of research before I stocked my pond and it has seemed to paid off. I will look if you are interested the people I bought my fish from come to Big Blue at Bed for and Washington about once a month but I cannot think of there name off the top of my head for some reason I think it is Spire's out of Seymour. If interest just contact me.
Oh by the way my bass are a little over 2 pounds now which with the size of my pond is about as big as they will get the cats are abetween 6 and 8 pounds and like I said the blue gill are really big. Actually the blue gill are the most fun to catch, what a fight they put up!
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Post by dhayse32 on Jan 26, 2009 23:07:44 GMT -5
I dug my pod 7 years ago and stocked Bass, Hybrid Bluegill, cat fish and 1000 chub minnows and now the fishing is great. The minnows are for the bass to eat and they will leave your blue gill alone in the beginning and I put in channel cats and hav no problem with them muddying up the pond and my pond is small. Now the blue gill are huge slab sides some as big as a paper plate. Hybrid blue are 95% male so ove population is not a problem the bass will get big enough to take care of any small ones when they breed I would advise though not taking any fish out for the first 5 years or so the bigs get established and the small ones won't take over. My catfish are like pets we feed them every night in the summer they come right to you and wait and will follow you around the pond like a puppy on a leash I catch them and throw them back as they are not breeders. I did alot of research before I stocked my pond and it has seemed to paid off. I will look if you are interested the people I bought my fish from come to Big Blue at Bed for and Washington about once a month but I cannot think of there name off the top of my head for some reason I think it is Spire's out of Seymour. If interest just contact me. Oh by the way my bass are a little over 2 pounds now which with the size of my pond is about as big as they will get the cats are abetween 6 and 8 pounds and like I said the blue gill are really big. Actually the blue gill are the most fun to catch, what a fight they put up! Thanks a lot pointerman, this is exactly what I am looking for. The pond is currently being drained and should be dug out and ready for water....hopefully fish by mid to late summer. Thanks and welcome to our small forum! We appreciate your input. |
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Post by lostriver21 on Jan 27, 2009 7:08:09 GMT -5
You might want to hold off untill fall or spring, warm water can put alot of stress on fish if they are not you to that pond
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Post by woodyh30 on Jan 27, 2009 9:17:22 GMT -5
Warm water can put stress on the fish??
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Post by pointerman on Feb 4, 2009 11:04:54 GMT -5
If your pond is not very deep and in the dog days of summer through July and August when the water is very warm it doesn't have the oxygen content that cold water has and can stress transplanted fish. The best tempature is 72 to 82 degrees. If your pond is pretty deep 10' or deeper there shouldn't be any problems as the oxygen content is fine in the lower depths where it is cooler. Like I said I did a lot research when I stocked my pond and learned a lot.
Pointerman
Lost River Kennels
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Post by woodyh30 on Feb 4, 2009 14:25:04 GMT -5
Stagnant pond water..that makes sense
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Post by lostriver21 on Feb 5, 2009 8:45:13 GMT -5
Woodyh30 are you saying I am right
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Post by woodyh30 on Feb 9, 2009 14:48:26 GMT -5
No...I'm not.  |
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