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Post by squirrelhunter on Jun 2, 2018 19:01:49 GMT -5
I caught him out of our pond on a green night crawler. He was 12 lb and 32" long. I hooked into something later that felt like another grass carp but I never got it up to see it,it was big and bent my hook whatever it was.  |
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Post by scrub-buster on Jun 3, 2018 5:53:27 GMT -5
I wish I was close enough to help. Those skins look great on a wood bow.
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Post by squirrelhunter on Jun 3, 2018 10:19:52 GMT -5
I've never heard of people doing that  |
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Post by scrub-buster on Jun 3, 2018 11:28:54 GMT -5
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Post by squirrelhunter on Jun 3, 2018 14:33:23 GMT -5
That's really cool.
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Post by treetop on Jun 9, 2018 12:52:45 GMT -5
I caught him out of our pond on a green night crawler. He was 12 lb and 32" long. I hooked into something later that felt like another grass carp but I never got it up to see it,it was big and bent my hook whatever it was. Any reason you took him out I thought they keep the algae down thought about getting some for my pond so I don't have to treat it as much |
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Post by squirrelhunter on Jun 9, 2018 13:20:06 GMT -5
I caught him out of our pond on a green night crawler. He was 12 lb and 32" long. I hooked into something later that felt like another grass carp but I never got it up to see it,it was big and bent my hook whatever it was. Any reason you took him out I thought they keep the algae down thought about getting some for my pond so I don't have to treat it as much Well 4 years ago after my pond was froze over so long and all the fish died,all those decaying fish in the bottom caused a lot of algae. When I restocked it they put in 2 grass carp but 1 died a day or 2 later,so all summer I just had 1 in there. In the fall I had them put another in to replace the 1 that died. The following summer the algae was terrible still,from top to bottom all over the pond,so I put in 4 more,giving me a total of 6. They started making progress but slowly. Somebody on here mentioned putting in an aeration system with diffusers in the bottom of the pond so it wouldn't freeze completely and said it would help with algae,so I did. Sure enough the algae started clearing right up. I have practically no algae,just some on rocks and bushes growing out of the banks,but none on the water's surface and haven't really had any for 2 summers now. I really don't need 6 carp in there anymore,especially since my pond isn't that big,only about 1/3 acre. I'm want to put some kind of plants in there so the fish can have some cover. You know for laying eggs in,hiding from other fish and for the bass to hide in and don't want them eaten up by the grass carp as fast as I put them in there. I'm not going to clean all the grass carp out but would like to get it down to just 1 or 2 like is recommended for my little pond. If even then I can't get the plants to grow then I'll take the 1 or 2 out and wait before the plants are grown before I put anymore back in there. With the aeration system in there I might be able to get by without any carp in there but I'll try it with just 1 or 2 and see if I can get any plants to grow first. The grass carp are great for algae control but there is such a thing as too many and that's where I am now. |
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Post by treetop on Jun 9, 2018 15:20:33 GMT -5
That's why I have not put any in I'm afraid they will eat to much cover I planted a lot of cover and leave one end alone I also put a Fountain in and that helps I just don't like using any more chemicals than I have to
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Post by freedomhunter on Jun 9, 2018 17:59:05 GMT -5
Once they get big they get lazy and don't do as good of a job with the weeds. Then time to bow fish me and another guy shot one 60lb out of a 2 acre lake took two arrows to get him in.
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Post by esshup on Jun 16, 2018 20:02:41 GMT -5
Yes, after about 7 years of age they slow down eating. They focus on plants, not algae, and will only ear algae if no plants are available to eat. I've seen them eating grass clippings that were thrown into a pond because they ate everything else.
Tilapia focus on eating algae, but they have to be restocked every year as they die when water temps drop below 45-55 depending on the species of Tilapia.
Typically the recommendation for stocking grass carp are up to 14 per surface acre depending on the amount of weeds and how much control you want. It's always easier to put one or two in later than to have to take them out. They will normally double in size for every year of growth for the first few years. We stock them at 12"+ so they are larger than any bass in the pond can eat.
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Post by nfalls116 on Jun 16, 2018 20:15:37 GMT -5
Yes, after about 7 years of age they slow down eating. They focus on plants, not algae, and will only ear algae if no plants are available to eat. I've seen them eating grass clippings that were thrown into a pond because they ate everything else. Tilapia focus on eating algae, but they have to be restocked every year as they die when water temps drop below 45-55 depending on the species of Tilapia. Typically the recommendation for stocking grass carp are up to 14 per surface acre depending on the amount of weeds and how much control you want. It's always easier to put one or two in later than to have to take them out. They will normally double in size for every year of growth for the first few years. We stock them at 12"+ so they are larger than any bass in the pond can eat. How many tilapia would it take to replace a single grass carp? |
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Post by MuzzleLoader on Jun 17, 2018 8:40:22 GMT -5
I mow the grass so it blows into the pond. Carp eat it up.
Plus it blows bugs for the other fish.
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Post by duff on Jun 17, 2018 14:51:41 GMT -5
I mow the grass so it blows into the pond. Carp eat it up. Plus it blows bugs for the other fish. And lots of nitrogen. If you don't blow clippings in that will help reduce plant growth too |
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Post by squirrelhunter on Jun 19, 2018 11:07:30 GMT -5
I mow the grass so it blows into the pond. Carp eat it up. Plus it blows bugs for the other fish. That's what I do too. |
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Post by esshup on Jun 21, 2018 21:00:09 GMT -5
I mow the grass so it blows into the pond. Carp eat it up. Plus it blows bugs for the other fish. And lots of nitrogen. If you don't blow clippings in that will help reduce plant growth too and Phosphorous. |
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Post by esshup on Jun 21, 2018 21:01:54 GMT -5
Yes, after about 7 years of age they slow down eating. They focus on plants, not algae, and will only ear algae if no plants are available to eat. I've seen them eating grass clippings that were thrown into a pond because they ate everything else. Tilapia focus on eating algae, but they have to be restocked every year as they die when water temps drop below 45-55 depending on the species of Tilapia. Typically the recommendation for stocking grass carp are up to 14 per surface acre depending on the amount of weeds and how much control you want. It's always easier to put one or two in later than to have to take them out. They will normally double in size for every year of growth for the first few years. We stock them at 12"+ so they are larger than any bass in the pond can eat. How many tilapia would it take to replace a single grass carp? [/font] None. Tilapia don't eat underwater weeds like Grass Carp do, and Grass Carp don't eat Filamentous Algae like Tilapia do unless there is nothing left vegetation wise in the pond for them to eat. |
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Post by nfalls116 on Jun 21, 2018 21:02:41 GMT -5
Thanks
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