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 Re: 7.5 pound bass out of our pond
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04/10/24 12:26 PM
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Nice fish!!! so far yes that is our best - goal is a ten pounder - lots of work, $$, and feed - kinda like a deer lease!  What kind of program are your running to grow big fish? We feed Optimum feed for the bluegill. I have stocked bluegill several times. No catfish - just BG and bass and I add fathead minnows on occasion. Have put Christmas trees in the pond and sunk them for cover. We cull some bass each year that are in the slot (6-14 inches long). I have well water available to keep the pond full if it starts getting low. Another option is stocking tilapia. They bred every 30 days and take some of the stress off the BG. Bass love them.
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Re: 7.5 pound bass out of our pond
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04/10/24 12:36 PM
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Did you use flour or cornbread meal when you  Kidding nice bass.  Love topwater bass fishing this time of the year. Fished Koon Kreek Klub south of Athens several times many moons ago. Loved throwing a Scum Frog or a Musky Jitter bug over the Lilly Pads or between the reeds and watching the water explode when a Bass attacks it
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Re: 7.5 pound bass out of our pond
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04/10/24 01:25 PM
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Nice fish!!! so far yes that is our best - goal is a ten pounder - lots of work, $$, and feed - kinda like a deer lease! What kind of program are your running to grow big fish? We feed Optimum feed for the bluegill. I have stocked bluegill several times. No catfish - just BG and bass and I add fathead minnows on occasion. Have put Christmas trees in the pond and sunk them for cover. We cull some bass each year that are in the slot (6-14 inches long). I have well water available to keep the pond full if it starts getting low. Another option is stocking tilapia. They bred every 30 days and take some of the stress off the BG. Bass love them. I would not stock tilapia in any pond or lake. They are a very invasive fish and will compete for the same habitat and food as the bass. Squaw Creek Reservoir has not been the same fishery ever since tilapia were introduced.
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Re: 7.5 pound bass out of our pond
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04/10/24 01:42 PM
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Nice fish!!! so far yes that is our best - goal is a ten pounder - lots of work, $$, and feed - kinda like a deer lease! What kind of program are your running to grow big fish? I will add that the website www.pondboss.com/forum is an excellent resource. Folks on there know their stuff and provide great advice on managing a pond
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Re: 7.5 pound bass out of our pond
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04/10/24 02:04 PM
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Re: 7.5 pound bass out of our pond
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04/10/24 02:20 PM
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Re: 7.5 pound bass out of our pond
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04/10/24 02:20 PM
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I would not stock tilapia in any pond or lake. They are a very invasive fish and will compete for the same habitat and food as the bass.
Squaw Creek Reservoir has not been the same fishery ever since tilapia were introduced.
Squaw Creek is unique in that the power plant keeps the water warm year around. In normal North Texas ponds and lakes Tilapia die off in late fall/early winter when the water temperature drops below 55 degrees. They would not be appropriate for South Texas. Tilapia do not compete with bass for forage. Their primary diet is algae and some other pond vegetation. They will spawn in the same depths.
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Re: 7.5 pound bass out of our pond
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04/10/24 02:25 PM
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Re: 7.5 pound bass out of our pond
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04/10/24 02:34 PM
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Re: 7.5 pound bass out of our pond
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04/10/24 03:05 PM
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I bet that was a hoot to haul in. Congrats, sir. Great fish!  topwater on 20 lb test - took me awhile to land her - I love it when the bass are hitting topwaters. My favorite lure is the old time "jitterbug". You blurb it along the top & then stop dead for a second. That's when the bass explode on it! Yep, they can not resist a Jitterbug. Been throwing Jitterbugs for over 50 yrs. One of my favorites. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2024/04/full-56101-417950-02_17_13b.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2024/04/full-56101-417951-fish_03a.jpg) Thinking I might just pack up my gear and go hit the fish pond today.
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Re: 7.5 pound bass out of our pond
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04/10/24 05:26 PM
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110% stock tilapia. Great forage fish.
Amistad and Falcon are full of tilapia and I’m convinced that’s a large part of why the fishery is so healthy there.
Plus….tilapia are not bad eating themselves
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