Stocking POND with CRAPPIE, BASS, Stripers and Walleye!! How to build your own MEGA FISHING HOLE!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ต.ค. 2024
- Stocking POND with CRAPPIE, BASS, and ???. How to build your own MEGA Fishing Hole with these simple rules! We stocked our pond last year with Minnows, Shiners, and Bluegill. One year later we are now stocking our pond with the Predator fish. With the recommendations from the fisheries we are getting our fish from, we are stocking our pond with Large Mouth Bass, Crappie, and two other Species that will be fun to catch and eat!
Excellent job at managing the predators
And not going overboard with it. I’m jealous 😆 never seen walleye being stocked in a pond before or stripers
Thanks, I am anxious to see how things progress. So far so good! Will be doing an updated fishing video soon. Thanks for watching.
Found your channel searching for how to maintain crappie in smaller ponds. Gonna look through your channel & see if you have any updates since this was 3 years ago. I wanna build a 3acre ish pond and specifically use it for crappie. IDC about any of the other fish, I just wanna be able to go out & catch slabs year around.
There are some fishing ones out there. We just got internet so I hope to do more videos now. Was impossible to upload before. Thanks for joining. Also, you should check out link below. Some great knowledge in the group.
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You will need to add a predator to an all crappie pond. Otherwise you will get stunted crappie eventually.
@@ShadyOaksFarm fast reply, got a sub from me haha, good luck
I just smashed "Like" and subscribed! 😎
Thanks, I really appreciate it!
#295 sub. Man I editor love to have some stripers in my pond. You so have to do a f/u video soon to show his big they've gotten
I am currently working on videoing one now. Will probably end up over several days depending on if they are biting. Thanks for subscribing.
@@ShadyOaksFarm awesome. I recently stocked my pond with bass, bluegill, channel catfish and rainbow trout. My pond isn't completely full yet had a big leak through dam but I'm hoping I have it fixed. Check my channel out when you get a chance👊
how many walleye and bass did you stock? just curious
OvOutdoors, I stocked 175 bass and 100 Walleye. I plan on doing a fishing video soon to see if I can catch anything. I am curious what I will catch and what size they will be if I catch anything. It has been a little over 7 months since we stocked our predator fish.
@@ShadyOaksFarm can’t wait to see the video
Awesome
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.
I have a friend that is adding a pond to his property. It is almost 1 acre and will be 16ft deep at its deepest point. We are trying to decide on what fish to stock - bass, bluegill, redear and hybrid bluegills - fat head minnows also. I am curious about the hybrid stripers - how are they doing? We are also considering yellow perch. How big is your pond? How deep? What are the water requirements for walleye - never thought about adding them to a pond. Oh - he is going to add a windmill aerator also to keep the water circulating. Looks great!
Thanks Andrew! Don’t know yet how they are doing. Will know more this summer. 15 ft deep at the dam. Average is about 10 to 11 ft. Hybrid stripers should do well. Just don’t reproduce. Walleye the same. Walleye need the deep water. Make sure your friend stocks the forage first, then wait for them to reproduce and get a jump start on the predator fish. More forage established the better. Most suggest forage the fall before stocking. Perch do well also. Our pond is at least 2 1/2. NRCS shot it off and did the dam calculations etc. I suggest anyone building to use their services. Free!
@@ShadyOaksFarm thank you so much - there is still a little more to do before they are able to weld on the close off valve and let the water start backing up. It is so good to hear from someone doing this that is a couple of years ahead of us. The plan is to stock the forage probably in September 2021 (provided it fills over the spring/summer) and then the predators in April/May of 2022. Really interested in the hybrid stripers - they are so fun to catch. I am looking forward to seeing the growth of your predators - walleye are my favorite freshwater fish to eat.
@@andrewdixon8612 you don’t have to wait until the pond is completely full for the forage. Mine was about half full. 😁
@@ShadyOaksFarm thanks we were wondering about that - I just sent him a link to your video so he can watch it. We are afraid that the yellow perch might overpopulate - I like your adding extra predators to hopefully counteract the crappie (I think perch and crappie have the same reputation). I wondered if some stripers would help keep them in check. I don’t think his pond will be deep enough/big enough for walleyes too - I wish it was 😎😎. Perch are a close second on the tasty scale 😊. Thank you for your information - I am sure I’ll have more questions lol.
@@andrewdixon8612 agree on tasty scale of perch. Anytime with the questions.
Good video! How many acres is this pond?
At least 2 1/2. Hard to really tell.
Awesome
What state and closest city?
Columbia Missouri
What depth is the pond? Along with how many acres?
At least 15 at the dam. My guess is 2 1/2 acres. I think that is what the NRCS shot it off for. The dam can only hold back so much water before a permit and engineering is needed. We kept it below those requirements.
@@ShadyOaksFarm so you dammed it up to hold that depth or did you have to dig it out that deep?
@@brodycampbell2990 where we built it, we dammed most of it. We did scrape some dirt to use for the dam. We have clay around where we live. However we dammed between two hills.
@@ShadyOaksFarm did you have much clay particles suspended in the water to keep the water dirty? Or did you not have a problem with water clarity?
@@brodycampbell2990 it did at first but every year it has gotten better. Getting more of a brownish green color
Don't shoot, I'm looking for my pet Crappie
I prefer stripers even white bass , large mouth , small mouth , crappie are my top fish
Same here. Love the fight of a small mouth, but don’t get to fish for many.
You'll regret the crappie in that small pond with your bass
Only time will tell! I am just taking advice from the experts at the fish hatchery we used who raise fish for a living. One a side note I did catch over a 2 lb bass in it the other evening. So at least one bass is growing. 😁. We caught several small Stripers.
If the crappie are not sterile you ruined the pond!!
@@ShadyOaksFarm They're trying to sell you fish. Search net about crappie in a bass pond. There are many experts and pond owners whose real world experience warn not to mixed them.
@@snappingbear you might think so, but if they were just trying to sell fish it could have been more bass, perch or anything else. I have researched a lot along with their input and others. As I stated in one of my videos, we will see over time how the stripers and walleye control the crappie population. It’s all about pond management and keeping one species from stunting the others and growing them all. Currently it’s working, but you never know. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I've got an 8 acre lake and I've got crappie ,bass, bluegill, and some pesky warmouths. Warmouths are a bigger threat to bass forage because they are fast swimmers. I throw the warmouths on the bank for the birds.
fell asleep in the intro
🤣 Well hopefully it was a good nap! Open for suggestions.
catfish are a predator fish bro lol
That is true, but nothing like a bass!! Here is an excerpt from the Missouri DNC.
“Channel catfish eat fish, insects, and aquatic plants. Catfish begin to eat fish when they reach 12 to 14 inches long but are not a significant fish predator in Missouri ponds. They usually eat fish that are generally dead or injured. Small catfish feed on aquatic insect larvae, crayfish and algae.”
@@ShadyOaksFarm I had not seen any videos you had put out so I would agree with you if the cats are smaller. I am looking for land to buy a homestead and build a large pond on. will be hard to wait the first year to allow the baitfish to spawn a few times before adding the bass. Love crappie as well but a lot of concerns with adding them to a pond.
@@nunyabizness3382 Stocking new pond video with minnows etc. 9:20 marker. Channel Catfish are about 3 in long. Keep chasing your dream of getting some land. Make sure you find a legitimate pond builder. It is hard to wait that long before stocking predator fish but worth it. Just caught a 3 1/2 pounder a few days ago. Time will tell on how the crappie do. Could be a big mistake. 😳😁
Crappie, carp , and bullheads ruin farm ponds.
Don’t have bullheads or carp.
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