I simply enjoy watching fish eat. I got a 25lb. bag at Rural King in Florida and they love it. I've never seen anyone catch a fish in Scottish Highlands man made pond but they are in there.
im getting on a twice a day schedule so i can throw out zebco ignitor pellets to catch catfish and feed the bream. Thank for the knowledge fearless fish feeding wildlife manager
I live in Alabama and have a 2 acre pond. Please tell me if i need to keep all bluegill no matter what size. If i keep the large ones wouldnt it leed to smaller fish over the years?
Please contact your nearest fisheries office to speak with a biologists who can answer your question. www.outdooralabama.com/Fisheries-section-technical-staff
It all depends Adequate feed Number of predators Bluegill population You'll notice you have too many bluegill when you notice a stunt in their growth. Ways to fix it are Feeding Add predators like bass Harvest some
@@Jack-ml2cn not exactly, it depends on what you are trying to achieve in your pond. Like I mentioned, how many predators do you have, are you supplementing them food, is there an abundance of forage, etc You'll know when you have TOO MANY bluegill because you'll catch nothing but small stunted ones. You can either remove them or add more predators such as bass. Most of the time I throw every fish I catch in my pond back but once or twice a year I'll go round up some bluegill n have a fish fry
At 10 pounds per day, you are investing about $150 *plus labor* per month. Does this make financial sense? A much better habitat design gives equal results with no ongoing feed investment. Something to ponder.
But I also have a question. I have bluegill 2 or 3 inches long in my pond. I feed them a small cup a day usually in the late afternoon. I am disappointed on how slow they are growing. Although it takes them about 20 or 30 min to eat all the feed. Can I feed them more to enhance there growth and reproduction or would that hurt them?
Please watch the video again beginning at the 2:50 mark. It describes a more intensive feeding program that might help. If you have additional questions, please contact a fisheries biologist in your area.
Release crickets and isopods near the pond. Set up buckets of water and once the mosquito breed dump the larva in to the pond. Flowers are great attracters as well. Set up an artificial bee hive to draw more types of insects also... Hope ive helped a little.
@@Forevertrue Yeah...it was a joke. And you're right, I don't live in Texas and the video is in Alabama, where I do live and where hunting over bait is probably one of the ticketed violations.
Sorry, but you are wrong. Just look on any website dealing with large scale pond care. Btw, I have a 2 acre pond in the south and it never looks, or has any issues like that with water quality. That is the sign of poor maintenance, plain and simple.
@@darkchungus5972 my pond is like 1/8 of an acre, maybe 1/4 in the rainy season....I've got a few 5 plus pound bass, a couple big cats, tons of bluegill, turtles, frogs, you name it and half the time the water is Brown and you cant see barely anything I dont believe clear water neccesarily means "good water" I mean look at most rivers in the south, you can't even see a few inches in the water
I simply enjoy watching fish eat.
I got a 25lb. bag at Rural King in Florida and they love it. I've never seen anyone catch a fish in Scottish Highlands man made pond but they are in there.
They won't take fishing bait if they're being well fed.
That’s cool. I started feeding the bluegill and bass in my lake. They like meat but LOVE live minnows!
What is the particular brand of feed used in the video?
The one I use is Aqua Max by Purina. It looks identical to what he's using. I feed about 200 bluegill every morning and afternoon
Great vid you have earned my subscription
But what do they eat if you're not feeding them?
im getting on a twice a day schedule so i can throw out zebco ignitor pellets to catch catfish and feed the bream. Thank for the knowledge fearless fish feeding wildlife manager
What mixture of food to feed fish before fishing
Watch the video again..
he said to feed them 2 times a day at the same time.
why do people feed ducks when they could be feeding bluegill
Awesome video I just subscribed
I live in Alabama and have a 2 acre pond. Please tell me if i need to keep all bluegill no matter what size. If i keep the large ones wouldnt it leed to smaller fish over the years?
frock 52 yes it will lees to smaller ones(spawning)
Please contact your nearest fisheries office to speak with a biologists who can answer your question. www.outdooralabama.com/Fisheries-section-technical-staff
It all depends
Adequate feed
Number of predators
Bluegill population
You'll notice you have too many bluegill when you notice a stunt in their growth.
Ways to fix it are
Feeding
Add predators like bass
Harvest some
Texas Outdoor Fanatic I’ve always heard from my uncle (fisheries biologist) that you need to keep every single bluegill you catch.
@@Jack-ml2cn not exactly, it depends on what you are trying to achieve in your pond. Like I mentioned, how many predators do you have, are you supplementing them food, is there an abundance of forage, etc
You'll know when you have TOO MANY bluegill because you'll catch nothing but small stunted ones. You can either remove them or add more predators such as bass.
Most of the time I throw every fish I catch in my pond back but once or twice a year I'll go round up some bluegill n have a fish fry
At 10 pounds per day, you are investing about $150 *plus labor* per month. Does this make financial sense? A much better habitat design gives equal results with no ongoing feed investment. Something to ponder.
This guy looks like his uncle is the mayor
POND-er
Does Bluegill chase out rainbows?
In Alabama ponds, trout are not normally stocked, so in this situation, no.
But I also have a question. I have bluegill 2 or 3 inches long in my pond. I feed them a small cup a day usually in the late afternoon. I am disappointed on how slow they are growing. Although it takes them about 20 or 30 min to eat all the feed. Can I feed them more to enhance there growth and reproduction or would that hurt them?
Please watch the video again beginning at the 2:50 mark. It describes a more intensive feeding program that might help. If you have additional questions, please contact a fisheries biologist in your area.
Let brush grow around some of your pond to encourage insect habitats. The closer to nature the better
Release crickets and isopods near the pond. Set up buckets of water and once the mosquito breed dump the larva in to the pond. Flowers are great attracters as well. Set up an artificial bee hive to draw more types of insects also... Hope ive helped a little.
You have to be quite patient, I feed rice and fatty meat like hot dogs all diced up. I have several bluegill over 9 inches.
U should just put a bunch of minnows in the tank
VedaOPZGuide mosqueto fish are the best because they breed year round, only get one to two inches long, and they are cheap
Now dump a bucket of crickets on the surface of the water
Funny how if you did the same for deer, you would be in jail for the rest of your life. :-D
Fish are not deer and You do not live in Texas where we feed deer all the time.
@@Forevertrue Yeah...it was a joke. And you're right, I don't live in Texas and the video is in Alabama, where I do live and where hunting over bait is probably one of the ticketed violations.
You can raise fish, you cant raise wild deer.
Terrible water quality. You should be able to see at least two feet with a healthy pond. You can barely see a few inches. Nasty.
That's not neccesarily true, especially in the south
Sorry, but you are wrong.
Just look on any website dealing with large scale pond care.
Btw, I have a 2 acre pond in the south and it never looks, or has any issues like that with water quality.
That is the sign of poor maintenance, plain and simple.
Az FOA not really I have have stocked pond and the fish are perfectly healthy
Az FOA also notice how you said LARGE SCALE 2 acres isn’t really “big”
@@darkchungus5972 my pond is like 1/8 of an acre, maybe 1/4 in the rainy season....I've got a few 5 plus pound bass, a couple big cats, tons of bluegill, turtles, frogs, you name it and half the time the water is Brown and you cant see barely anything
I dont believe clear water neccesarily means "good water"
I mean look at most rivers in the south, you can't even see a few inches in the water