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Originally posted by Skinny View PostGotta keep cattle out of it or you're spinning your wheels!
They will trample any and all vegetation.
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The cattle also trample the fish breeding beds which are in shallow water.
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If it was me I wouldn't over think it, I'd just go catch some fish in another tank and then go put them in yours. Might be surprised what's already in there
My plan is the Saturday of the opener before the evening hunt to catch some bass at the deer lease and keep them in a cooler with aerator and dump them at my uncles after the hunt
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We have several ponds on our place. However, we have one small pond like the one you are describing, ours is only 1/3 of an acre and as far as we know it has never been stocked. I got bored one evening and grabbed some blood worms and headed out not expecting to catch much. I started catching tons of bluegill. I switched to a top water lure and started catching bass. I couldn't believe it. If you haven't fished it yet give it a shot, it might surprise you.
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Originally posted by BrianL View PostFirst you need to have a starting point and know what is in there. Does it ever go dry? How deep? Check out pondboss.com.
Originally posted by denimdeerslayer View PostI bet there are fish in it already.
Originally posted by Tbar View Post........and keep mud in suspension which prevents plankton and algae from growing which are the begaining of the food chain that new born fry eat.
The cattle also trample the fish breeding beds which are in shallow water.
Originally posted by kd350 View PostIf it was me I wouldn't over think it, I'd just go catch some fish in another tank and then go put them in yours. Might be surprised what's already in there
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Originally posted by yotethumper View PostWe have several ponds on our place. However, we have one small pond like the one you are describing, ours is only 1/3 of an acre and as far as we know it has never been stocked. I got bored one evening and grabbed some blood worms and headed out not expecting to catch much. I started catching tons of bluegill. I switched to a top water lure and started catching bass. I couldn't believe it. If you haven't fished it yet give it a shot, it might surprise you.
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I learned from a wildlife biologist that you don't have to have aquatic vegetation growing all around the pond in the first 3ft of water. We have a bass pond (around 2 acres) and found that we didn't have much aquatic weeds in the first three feet of water this summer and I was concerned that this was going to affect the smaller fish. After the biologist looked at it they said that as long as we have other structure throughout the pond like cedar trees, pvc structure, etc., which we do, then we don't need the aquatic vegetation. He also said that aquatic vegetation actually does more harm than good (I.e. Oxygen depletion, messy for fishing, etc.). Hope this helps. All of the structure that we added last year all have algae and other stuff growing on them and we see lots of baitfish all around them.
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Originally posted by bgleaton View PostI learned from a wildlife biologist that you don't have to have aquatic vegetation growing all around the pond in the first 3ft of water. We have a bass pond (around 2 acres) and found that we didn't have much aquatic weeds in the first three feet of water this summer and I was concerned that this was going to affect the smaller fish. After the biologist looked at it they said that as long as we have other structure throughout the pond like cedar trees, pvc structure, etc., which we do, then we don't need the aquatic vegetation. He also said that aquatic vegetation actually does more harm than good (I.e. Oxygen depletion, messy for fishing, etc.). Hope this helps. All of the structure that we added last year all have algae and other stuff growing on them and we see lots of baitfish all around them.
I think a lot depends on what type of vegetation you have. Some vegetation is beneficial where some are negative. One thing that vegetation does is filter water.
Here is a pretty good read.
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