8 months ago

[wtretrievers]

Just a little over 8 months ago I put fingerling bass in my pond, approx 1 1/2" long & big around as a pencil. This what they look like now, this one was exactly 12". These are the F1's which is a cross between the Northern & Florida. They feed reel aggressive like the Northern & get almost as big as the Floridas. Can't wait for about the 3rd year!

[MattW]

Amazing they grow that fast. What do you have in the pond for them to eat? Can't wait to see what you have in a few years.

[wtretrievers]

Originally Posted by MattW

Amazing they grow that fast. What do you have in the pond for them to eat? Can't wait to see what you have in a few years.

I put 12lbs of fathead minnows, 250 coppernose bluegill & 50 chinquapin & approx 30lbs of small crawfish. The Coppernose are getting big too!

[PUREBAY2200]

Dang man!!!
That's awesome!!

[speck-chaser]

Das pretty fast!!! Looks like you need a few of them grass carp too,to keep that grass down in the pond.

[LPfishnTIM]

thats what I'm talkin bout!

[jlincecum]

all of the F1's that were in the bass tank at the LC boat show were 2 years old. Had some really nice size to them. you should be really happy in another year or 2

[wtretrievers]

Originally Posted by jlincecum

all of the F1's that were in the bass tank at the LC boat show were 2 years old. Had some really nice size to them. you should be really happy in another year or 2

Had a guy I work with tell me that in 2 years he was catching them 3 1/2 pounds in his pond. I didn't see them, but that's what he told me.

[CajunSaint]

When does it open up to the public?

[SaltERedneck]

thats awesome. I cant wait til my pond clears up. fish have been sitting for over a year!

[meathauler]

I just stocked mine yesterday. I put 25 F1 bass, 300 coppernose, 200 other kind of bream, 400 catfish and 10 pounds of minnows. I like to have passed out when he told me I owed him $500 for a bunch of bait fish. We better have a buch of fish frys is all I can say. I did this 2 years before Rita came through and ended up losing them all.

[wtretrievers]

$500 mine weren't near that much. But I didn't put 400 catfish or 200 bream.

[adamsfence]

man how big are yalls ponds thats alot of fish i put 50 catfish 100 bream and like 5 pounds minnows

[meathauler]

I got them from Dunns Fish Farm. I think it was the perch and catfish that ran the bill up. My bass were like 6 inches long and the catfish were 4-6 inches also.

I have a acre and half but it is full of points and stuff. The people at the farm recommended that ratio. They also didnt have to pay the bill is prolly Y they recommended it.

[PBJ]

I git some from Dunns also. I put 200 blue gill, 50 red ears, and 20 bass. My pond is about 1/4 acre. I stocked it about 18 months ago and the bream are almost big enough to eat. Bass are probably about 12 inches long.

[wtretrievers]

Dunns didn't have the F'1s. I got them from Malones in Ark. All the rest I got from Dunns

[meathauler]

I went with more of a catfish pond this time. The last time I stocked it I had a hard time catching the bass due to all the bream. I hope the catfish are easier for kids to catch!!
Does anybody else have that problem?

[PBJ]

Originally Posted by meathauler

I went with more of a catfish pond this time. The last time I stocked it I had a hard time catching the bass due to all the bream. I hope the catfish are easier for kids to catch!!
Does anybody else have that problem?

I wanted just bluegill in mine but I had to get the bass to eat the offspring so they wouldn't over populate. I fished strictly for bass one time and only caught one. Other than that, my daughter caught one on a crappie nibble. The bream spawned once already and the bass ate all the babies, best I could tell.

[cmcnabb]

Originally Posted by meathauler

I went with more of a catfish pond this time. The last time I stocked it I had a hard time catching the bass due to all the bream. I hope the catfish are easier for kids to catch!!
Does anybody else have that problem?

Yea our pond had a lot of big bass from lacassine. When the guy first put them in, you could catch them no problem. Then you couldn't buy a bite. I've heard that if you put those "tiger bass" in after a little while they wont bite artificial anymore

[wtretrievers]

When the bream are big enough to keep don't throw any of the small ones back & the same with bass. It's hard to do but needs to be done.

I won't ever put another catfish in my pond. My last place had a pond & was over run by catfish. Seemed you couldn't even thin them down!