Pond and Lake Management Thread

[Sippy]

How many pounds of bass per surface acre per year should be culled?

Depends on your baitfish population and habitat.

As a baseline, 50-75#/ac/year

[Sippy]

Michael thanks for coming out, very knowledgeable

Thank you, great visiting with you.

[willwork04]

Depends on your baitfish population and habitat.

As a baseline, 50-75#/ac/year

HOLY MOLY. Seriously!? Wow. We are wayyyyy underdoing it.

Thank you for guidance.

What is the formula for calculating relative weight? We have records for all fish caught going back ~3 years.

[Sippy]

HOLY MOLY. Seriously!? Wow. We are wayyyyy underdoing it.

Thank you for guidance.

What is the formula for calculating relative weight? We have records for all fish caught going back ~3 years.

Pm on the way

[Tbar]

I stock Tilapia every year to take the predation pressure off my Coppernose Bluegill.

They bread every 30 days and do a great job cleaning the algae out of the pond.

150#'s gets delivered on Friday.

FWIW, my biologist recommends I remove 100-150#'s of Crappie out of my pond every year and all bass under 15". I am waaaay behind the curve on those numbers.

[Sippy]

Having some fun with Cyanobacteria today, also called blue green algae. Highly toxic stuff.

[GLM]

I have a 1/2 pond in Point Blank that was built before I bought the property. It does not hold water very well. I’ve got someone coming to look at it to clean out, deepen and possibly add clay to stop the leaking. Hopefully the cost will not be too bad,

[Huntingfool]

Ok I stocked some Floridas from Camelot some months back - 1-5 to 3.5 lbs. I have tons of bait fish - noticed today some of the Floridas eating my floating protein pellets so they must have been pellet trained. Question is this - will them eating protein cause them to not bite lures as much?

[Sippy]

Ok I stocked some Floridas from Camelot some months back - 1-5 to 3.5 lbs. I have tons of bait fish - noticed today some of the Floridas eating my floating protein pellets so they must have been pellet trained. Question is this - will them eating protein cause them to not bite lures as much?

From what we have seen it can. They aren’t nearly the predators that non pellet trained bass are. The largest downside is that you can’t abruptly stop feeding, they rely almost solely on it and can take up to a year of tapering down to get somewhat back to normal predatory behavior.

[Huntingfool]

From what we have seen it can. They aren’t nearly the predators that non pellet trained bass are. The largest downside is that you can’t abruptly stop feeding, they rely almost solely on it and can take up to a year of tapering down to get somewhat back to normal predatory behavior.

the only time I quit feeding is in the cold months - should I keep feed going year round?

[Sippy]

the only time I quit feeding is in the cold months - should I keep feed going year round?

I wouldn’t completely quit. I run once a day mid day during the winter.

[Tbar]

Fish delivery day. 150#’s of Tilapia. They eat the pond algae, reproduce every 30 days and feed my bass. They also take the predation pressure off the Bluegill.

https://i.ibb.co/YP50v69/5-BD45-E4-D-38-D1-463-B-87-DC-15690-C6879-E2.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/3dN6Bwh/16-BE39-BF-4090-47-AE-B6-A5-3-BE032356-DE5.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/M6gx3Xj/01-BE51-B2-C68-C-4-B33-B4-CB-F9-EA97881-EE3.jpg

[Huntingfool]

best treatment for hydrilla?? Sonar or Procellacor?

[Sippy]

best treatment for hydrilla?? Sonar or Procellacor?

Our most recent state permit job was with Aquathol K.

All work and work well.

[Birddog66]

Great thread!

I'm about to treat algae and pond weed.

Any thoughts/advice on using Cutrine plus(liquid) for the algae and Aquathol K(liquid) for the pondweed?

What's the main difference between using the granular vs liquid?