I have a kayak!!! Lol
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Sounds good!We do too but the pond isn't big enough for anything but playing around.
We will have to get ya over for a tour,, then we can go get eaten by gators in Moores Creek and catch some stock for the pond.
What's the problem with turtles?
These snapping turtles in particular can be very dangerous around small children and pets.
They'll also eat up your fish.So, it's just the snapping turtles you worry about. I didn't realize they were that voracious.
Good carfish bait. That is what happens when a bass minnow lives.We moved into out new house Wednesday, took a minute to stick a line in the pond last night and among all the breem'ish worm wasters I got a few of these from out in the middle.. I am looking forward to finding the time to fish it a little deeper and a little bigger to see what we got..
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So, it's just the snapping turtles you worry about. I didn't realize they were that voracious.
Good carfish bait. That is what happens when a bass minnow lives.
Is that an overgrown fathead minnow?
Looks carpish.
Yep. It's just the minnows you buy at the bait store. That's what they look like when someone dumps 'em outta the minnow bucket and they grow up.
Little bitty mouth bait stealers - get rid of all you can. You don't want them competing for food.
Shrek's right, pond roach! Stripers love 'em that size as well!We moved into out new house Wednesday, took a minute to stick a line in the pond last night and among all the breem'ish worm wasters I got a few of these from out in the middle.. I am looking forward to finding the time to fish it a little deeper and a little bigger to see what we got..
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You'd be surprised. Some will make it. And they are a pain. You've already seen that you've got a viable population of them and you don't really want them unless you plan on using them for bait yourself.I just bought 2 lbs and dumped them into my pond! Luckily it's full of starving bluegill. I bet 50% of them didn't make it through the first night.
I bet the pond it was caught from has zero predator fish.
And if you've got bass large enough to eat em at that size - I wanna go fishing!
Make sure I'm right first. Once, I thought I was wrong, but I found out later I was mistaken...http://www.ncwildlife.org/Learning/Species/Fish/Bowfin
Dang.
Sounds like a bad fish to have in a pond to me.
They breath air and can burrow in the mud and survive droughts. They eat the same stuff a bass does.
If he means what I think, around here a jack is another name for a blackfish/mudfish/bowfin.
It just seems counter productive to stock a fish that competes with LMB for food, when I have already stocked LMB.
I dunno.
I've eaten pickerel before, very boney fish with mushy flesh. Not my idea of a good eating fish.
It'll be a long time before 25- 3" bass can whittle down those stunted bream. You'll need to at least put some 14-16" bass in there before any meaningful balance can take place.
Now that you said it....NO. You dirty man. He don't want them in his pond. Some of you Bowfin trophy fishermen may though.
@Slacker a jack is what they call a chain pickerel down east NC.
They are small pike, very sporty fish and tasty. They don't get real big. A five pounder would be near trophy size. They will keep your pond healthy as long as you do a survey and make sure you keep the little ones caught out.
In theory, that sounds like a great idea.
In practice, it's inviting "the man" into my life. I avoid that, if in any way possible.
Nothing to hide here, just not a fan of .gov in my buisness.
(Slacker pulls his Renoylds wrap hat down over his ears)
I spoke with the local farm pond stocking company as well as a local State Hatchery employee Thursday, very helpful. Both gave virtually identical advice.
I am told that if I am serious about getting the balance and population in check I need to kill everything and start over but it looks like buying a few dozen 6"-8" Large Mouth Bass for $2.50 each will possibly help and give us some fishing entertainment beyond catching undersize Crappie and Bluegill on a bare hook every cast..
Are either of your ponds so deep that you couldn't seine them? No permit or NCWRC involvement.
I bet mine could be but it would be a big PITA. If two canoes were used with the net between them, it would work better.
Too many trees on the banks.
Unfortunately, the banks are where the small bluegill hide.
I would sooner pump it down and sien it than poison it. I bet a trash pump would drain it down in less than a day.
It's not that big of a pond.
It has a stand pipe style drain that works well. I would not consider breaching the dam.
Trash pumps usually have 20ft of hose.
That work work fine.
Are either of your ponds so deep that you couldn't seine them? No permit or NCWRC involvement.