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Post by saltydog on Apr 10, 2023 7:29:39 GMT -5
I would like to thank esshup for all his advise on stocking fish in a buddies new lake. With his shared knowledge and wisdom he has helped a great deal on getting the lake stocked.
We would have made a grave mistake in the relocation of some bass and bluegills from another location.
Thanks again esshup and others for your contributions to this site, that's what makes it what it is. Da best !
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Post by iceman10 on Apr 10, 2023 9:12:27 GMT -5
Very curious what the mistake would’ve been? I didn’t know we had a pond advisor on board but great to know though!
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Post by MuzzleLoader on Apr 10, 2023 9:23:10 GMT -5
Essup knows his stuff. He is very gracious with info.
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Post by treetop on Apr 10, 2023 9:26:23 GMT -5
I would like to thank essup for all his advise on stocking fish in a buddies new lake. With his shared knowledge and wisdom he has helped a great deal on getting the lake stocked. We would have made a grave mistake in the relocation of some bass and bluegills from another location. Thanks again essup and others for your contributions to this site, that's what makes it what it is. Da best ! If your not buy his fish food worth every penny stuff adds weight and size unbelievable my fish doubled in size in no time |
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Post by treetop on Apr 10, 2023 9:27:33 GMT -5
Very curious what the mistake would’ve been? I didn’t know we had a pond advisor on board but great to know though! Hoosier Pond Pro is his web site |
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Post by treetop on Apr 10, 2023 9:33:59 GMT -5
I would like to thank essup for all his advise on stocking fish in a buddies new lake. With his shared knowledge and wisdom he has helped a great deal on getting the lake stocked. We would have made a grave mistake in the relocation of some bass and bluegills from another location. Thanks again essup and others for your contributions to this site, that's what makes it what it is. Da best ! Good at was he does no high pressure sales great looking fish when I got them from him great products especially his food Always willing to give you advice I won’t go anywhere else just go to last years fishing section on here you will see Luke deaddeer son holding up some dang nice fish from my pond before essup they were runts |
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Post by greghopper on Apr 10, 2023 11:22:09 GMT -5
Very curious what the mistake would’ve been? I didn’t know we had a pond advisor on board but great to know though! I was thinking the same thing. |
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Post by beermaker on Apr 10, 2023 19:13:56 GMT -5
Yep,he gave me some free advice a few years ago and I now have a nice place to catch very nice bluegill and red ear.
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Post by esshup on Apr 10, 2023 23:08:33 GMT -5
Anytime, glad to help!
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Post by saltydog on Apr 11, 2023 5:38:00 GMT -5
Very curious what the mistake would’ve been? I didn’t know we had a pond advisor on board but great to know though! We were going to try and catch some fish from a friends lake and transport them to his new lake. It can be done but not without precautions. He recommendations has us rethinking the idea ! |
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Post by esshup on Apr 11, 2023 11:18:57 GMT -5
Very curious what the mistake would’ve been? I didn’t know we had a pond advisor on board but great to know though! You can move fish, but you need to realize how that will affect the pond they are being moved to. In their instance, they wanted to move small bass that were overcrowded in another pond. 10"-12" fish Since they stocked the pond with small bluegill, those small stockers are perfect size for the "free" bass. The free bass would be eating machines, and you really don't want predators in the pond to eat the stocked fish - eating their babies, that's OK, but not the stocked fish. If there is unwanted plants in the donor pond, you can also transfer them to the new pond unintentionally. Watermeal, Eurasian Watermilfoil, Starry Stonewort, etc. If transferring fish from a public body of water, you could also be transferring zebra mussels via the zebra mussel veligars (that you cannot see with the naked eye). You can also transfer fish that have white or yellow grubs, or what is called black spot disease. A customer transferred fish from a public lake in NE Indiana to his private pond. He transferred Starry Stonewort too, and he's pushing close to $5,000.00 spent on trying to eradicate it from his pond. His "free" fish aren't so "free" now. |
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