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Topic: Small fish protection

Posted By: Dave H
Subject: Small fish protection
Date Posted: 29 Sep 2018 at 11:09am

I have about a 1/2 acre pond. A few blue gill have made it to maturity and hatch little ones all the time.

i think that i have no intermediate size blue gill cus the bass lunch up all the hatchlings. I see the hathlings hugging the shore and hiding in few rocks I have to stop erosion where the water runs in.

I am scheming on some type of protection to put in like maybe a wire cage.

No I am not gonna start throwing trees in there. This is decorator pond that borders the front lawn.

So anyone have any good ideas that i can use to get those little fry up to say an inch or two long?

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Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 29 Sep 2018 at 11:25am

Catch the bass and eat them. Restock them later after enough blue gills for sustainable life cycles.

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Posted By: Dave H
Date Posted: 29 Sep 2018 at 11:57am

Maybe a good idea Chas. I am not a fisher person, but do eat the heck out of smoked bass.

Know some young uns and will look at getting them to yank some of the bass out of there for me. They have done it in the past but seem to have more of an interest in the gals now.

Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 29 Sep 2018 at 12:52pm

Get some plants growing in the shallow areas, lilies, cattails, etc. Then they have a place to hide. You could also try fish food to maybe keep the bass thinking about that rather than the fry

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Posted By: Dave H
Date Posted: 29 Sep 2018 at 5:51pm

john, What kinda food will bass take?

i am currently feeding floating fish food.

The channel cats love it and the blue gill hit it, but never seen a bass feed on anything i put in there.

Posted By: Tracy Martin TN
Date Posted: 29 Sep 2018 at 11:00pm

Bass don't eat the floating catfish food much. They wait till the little ones come to it and eat them. Sink some dead weighed cedar trees for them to hide and live in. I sink them in mine for same purpose. They don't stick up above the water, can't see them, but I have a white stake at each sunken tree. HTH Tracy

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Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2018 at 12:02am

Farm Pond Management for recreational fishing by University of Arkansas

http://www.uaex.edu/publications/PDF/MP360.pdf" rel="nofollow - www.uaex.edu/publications/PDF/MP360.pdf

http://forums.pondboss.com/" rel="nofollow - http://forums.pondboss.com/

Also can google half acre ponds, fishing ponds etc.

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Posted By: bryani289swmi
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2018 at 8:37am

To learn more about ponds and pond management I highly recommend Pond Boss as above. I talked to the guys at the link below a good amount at the last Pond Boss Conference, they have several options available. Thanks.

Bryan

https://www.mossbackfishhabitat.com" rel="nofollow - https://www.mossbackfishhabitat.com

https://americanfishtree.com/?_vsrefdom=adwords&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIlfvX3evi3QIVGHZeCh0OUQ1LEAAYASAAEgKdsPD_BwE" rel="nofollow - https://americanfishtree.com/?_vsrefdom=adwords&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIlfvX3evi3QIVGHZeCh0OUQ1LEAAYASAAEgKdsPD_BwE

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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2018 at 5:05pm

we took a length of 1- 1/4 inch PVC pipe and cut it to 15 inch lengths... layed a dozen of them together with one brick and banded them in a bundle.. throw into the lake and the little guys can hide INSIDE the pipes.. room of everybody... make 4 or 5 - CHEAP.

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Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2018 at 5:24pm

Eggsellent Idea!!!

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1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp

Posted By: Dave H
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2018 at 7:30pm

Steve, that is cool. Gonna make a couple soon as I get into the big city and Lowes.

Posted By: allis g
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2018 at 11:03pm

plastic milk crate upside down

Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2018 at 3:24am

chicken wire box submerged?