Have a question. I’m planning on restocking my pond soon and start with some bluegills but wondering what I can put in the pond so they can eat on their own I live about an hour away from where my pond is located and only go out there on weekends so feeding them pellets will be a problem.
If there are no fish in the pond at all, I would order minnows from anderson`s and stock them first, then you stockk 1,000 bluegills a acre. the larger automatic feeders like I have you can fill up with 50lbs of feed and would really have to fill it back up every 3 weeks to a month depending how much you feed. for me its once a month.
Buy a solar powered fish feeder. I got the 70 lb. capacity Texas feeder and set it for early morning feeding and a late evening feeding for 50 seconds each. Works great!
I use eagle claw carlisle ANZ size 8. 218F-8 is stock number. They have long shanks so its easy to pop it out of their mouths. Or easy to reach with needle nose if swallowed. Very seldom do I have to cut the line so they can work it out.
I have young blue gills, 12 months old, relocated from a hatchery nearby ... to my 9 month old pond, crickets crawling everywhere on my lands in Central Arkansas this year.. Might I ask for suggestions on how to get those crickets into my young fish' pie hole? Thinking of using night lights off a dock to draw in the fish for free food supply .. Thank you for this posting...
I was going to say the same thing, a bug light hanging over the dock. Also can take branches and lay them over the bank, and bugs will crawl out on to them. Thank you for the comment and for watching!
You have the correct balance in there! Glad to see those gills and how fat they’ve gotten. Thanks for your information as to how and when you feed them....I don’t have a feeder and usually feed mine manually around 5:30 pm with the same feed... What feeder do you use? I want some consistency, so I’m thinking about getting one. That way I stop getting so attached. My wife probably thinks that I’m some basket case as I call the fish my babies when I come in the house from a feeding.
i have 4 in a 55 gallon that I put in when I was stocking them, ended up with a male and 3 females. they will be moving to a 125 gallon soon. they are very cool to watch
904 Fishing Florida haha thank you, be sure to leave a comment on them curious to see which ones you like. Sure you will be watching all the fort George videos lol
More concerned about my bluegill than my bass. I can no longer afford purina aquamax 400 grower. So i now feed mine catfish FINGERLING food. Feeding 3 times a day. I see greatly improved growth rates compared to not feeding them but not nearly as much as with the purina. A few weighed slightly over a pound after 1 year.
I enjoyed your video. I have a 3000 gallon koi pond with about a dozen bluegill in it. Do you feed your bluegills year round? I have always stopped feeding the bluegill when I stopped feeding the koi usually when water temp falls below 50 degrees. I use game fish pellets from TSC. For a treat I feed the bluegills turkey bacon. Kind of expensive but they go crazy for it.
yes I feed them all year around, the same feed from TSC that you use. Just during the summer they feed in the morning and in the evening, and when it getting colder in the winter the get one feeding in the afternoon when the water is the warmest for the day and it only a small amount so those who want to eat still can.
Nice looking Gills! I was hoping you would catch one of those Redbreast . Aren't Redbreast like Shellcrackers by only spawning once a year? I guess it kind of stands to reason you'd always have much fewer of them than the Gills I reckon?
Yes! There where only 18 stocked so you are VERY lucky to catch one. The only spawn once or twice a year. Should be doing an update video to this soon, now they are 2 years old and even bigger!!
I have concern about the feed. You have no way of knowing what's in it...and if it comes from China, well i.dont want to eat those fish. Who knows what's in that.
That floating fish food really works good
That one at 9:00 was huge lol looked almost like a small tilapia!!!
haha, they are even bigger now, I need to do a update video. check out my ice fishing in FL video, I was catching some stud ones in the winter
Please reply, what do you feed new hatchlings
Sportsman's Choice TrophyFish Feed, I pick it up at tractor supply
Have a question. I’m planning on restocking my pond soon and start with some bluegills but wondering what I can put in the pond so they can eat on their own I live about an hour away from where my pond is located and only go out there on weekends so feeding them pellets will be a problem.
If there are no fish in the pond at all, I would order minnows from anderson`s and stock them first, then you stockk 1,000 bluegills a acre. the larger automatic feeders like I have you can fill up with 50lbs of feed and would really have to fill it back up every 3 weeks to a month depending how much you feed. for me its once a month.
Buy a solar powered fish feeder. I got the 70 lb. capacity Texas feeder and set it for early morning feeding and a late evening feeding for 50 seconds each. Works great!
Been feeding the bluegill off my dock for over a year. Theyre a bunch of block heads now. They grow quick!
I love catching them and impressed with how big they are getting, been thinking about adding some hybrid bluegill
first thing i thought of when the music at the beginning played was Richard Gene telling me to go fishin when i can because it's good fer me
nice! I run into people that watch my videos and the first thing they do is start humming the intro to my videos lol
Silas me too
I use eagle claw carlisle ANZ size 8. 218F-8 is stock number. They have long shanks so its easy to pop it out of their mouths. Or easy to reach with needle nose if swallowed. Very seldom do I have to cut the line so they can work it out.
Nice! Thanks for the info!
I have young blue gills, 12 months old, relocated from a hatchery nearby ... to my 9 month old pond, crickets crawling everywhere on my lands in Central Arkansas this year.. Might I ask for suggestions on how to get those crickets into my young fish' pie hole? Thinking of using night lights off a dock to draw in the fish for free food supply .. Thank you for this posting...
I was going to say the same thing, a bug light hanging over the dock. Also can take branches and lay them over the bank, and bugs will crawl out on to them. Thank you for the comment and for watching!
You have the correct balance in there! Glad to see those gills and how fat they’ve gotten. Thanks for your information as to how and when you feed them....I don’t have a feeder and usually feed mine manually around 5:30 pm with the same feed... What feeder do you use? I want some consistency, so I’m thinking about getting one. That way I stop getting so attached. My wife probably thinks that I’m some basket case as I call the fish my babies when I come in the house from a feeding.
I grew one in a fish tank from a baby for 4 years . Got pretty dam big. Feed it night crawlers everyday.
i have 4 in a 55 gallon that I put in when I was stocking them, ended up with a male and 3 females. they will be moving to a 125 gallon soon. they are very cool to watch
Pretty fish to say the łease
The pond is looking great, every fish I’ve seen you catch has been a quality fish! Thanks for sharing.
No problem, I cant wait for my bass to be around 4 pounds!
great video as always. gonna be looking through your videos tonight, i'm behind lol
904 Fishing Florida haha thank you, be sure to leave a comment on them curious to see which ones you like. Sure you will be watching all the fort George videos lol
More concerned about my bluegill than my bass. I can no longer afford purina aquamax 400 grower. So i now feed mine catfish FINGERLING food. Feeding 3 times a day. I see greatly improved growth rates compared to not feeding them but not nearly as much as with the purina. A few weighed slightly over a pound after 1 year.
I feed mine the tractor supply, trophy fish food, it's 36% protein, and they are very healthy and quiet a few over a pound. Only $13 a bag too.
Because Aquamax is a fish meal based protein not a plant based makes a huge difference in growth and price
@@DinsmoreOutdoors What is the update on your bluegill? How large did the bigger ones get?
Nice pond and nice big BGs!
Thanks! hope to only make it better!
I've found loosing the weight and float have a better success rate.
Yea they seem to like that slow fall
What feeding box do you use? My parents live on a stocked pond and they have some monsters in it and we have talked about feeding them.
aquapro automatic fish feeder, they run any where from $375 to $500
Try some size 8 tru turn eagle claw hooks it's like 4 bucks for s 40 pack at Walmart and you catch them on almost every cast.
i`ll have to do that!
They looking good.
Thank you
Know I’m late but enjoyed the video. A cane pole would be fun
Been awhile since I fished with one, might be a good idea!
I enjoyed your video. I have a 3000 gallon koi pond with about a dozen bluegill in it. Do you feed your bluegills year round? I have always stopped feeding the bluegill when I stopped feeding the koi usually when water temp falls below 50 degrees. I use game fish pellets from TSC. For a treat I feed the bluegills turkey bacon. Kind of expensive but they go crazy for it.
yes I feed them all year around, the same feed from TSC that you use. Just during the summer they feed in the morning and in the evening, and when it getting colder in the winter the get one feeding in the afternoon when the water is the warmest for the day and it only a small amount so those who want to eat still can.
Nice looking Gills! I was hoping you would catch one of those Redbreast . Aren't Redbreast like Shellcrackers by only spawning once a year? I guess it kind of stands to reason you'd always have much fewer of them than the Gills I reckon?
Yes! There where only 18 stocked so you are VERY lucky to catch one. The only spawn once or twice a year. Should be doing an update video to this soon, now they are 2 years old and even bigger!!
What you feedin them things?!
miracle grow!
The big one looks like it has been eating a lot.
They get feed every day from the feeder
Name and price of food??
Sportsman's Choice Trophy Fish Feed at tractor supply cost $13 for a 25lb bag, seems to be working great. 36% protien and way cheaper than purina
I buy catfish food at rural king it's about the same price
There all the same size pellets though.
never seen a size 7 hook ,like the video, thanks
I meant to say a number 4 hook haha sorry, thank you for liking the video! Glad you enjoyed it
That is a decent growth. Curious as to growth today.
I have a growth in 2 years video in my list of videos, link at the end of this video as well
Also check out my ice fishing in FL video
Pond is doing well!
thanks that was last years video, im working on one for this year.
You got some fat bream in that pond! Nice video man!
Very nice
Thank you!
Dang man, are you feeding those bluegill live babies? Their bellies are definitely full! The bass definitely have nice meals.
Man, great stuff. Military, Oceanway guy here. I'd love to just see your pond and watch you catch those fish. I'll bring the beer!
what branch you in?
Good show
U could us Bread but crush some pellets and place the bread in the crumbs
It seems like when you catch a couple the rest start catching on to what's happing 😂
You better watch out while catching a bass, I thought it was going to bite you.
they dont have teeth so it alright haha
Sir, have u ever heard of a cast net?
these are my own fish in my own pond not wanting to keep them just checking on there growth, beside way more fun on hook and line!
but can u imagine catching 150 bluegill in an hour, also i would have found the average size of them
So much for actually measuring them so you could compare growth....
YEP so much for that!!
Wish I could raid his pond for like 15 bluegill for catfish bait lol
Going after flat heads?
@@DinsmoreOutdoors yes and blue cats also
The song at the end of the video
same as the into song, what would ya like to know
I would take that weight and that float off for what your doing.
Thanks, some times I can only get them to eat thier fish food on the hook
us people suck at fishing a float though... calling it a bobber lul... and using hooks that big lmfao
Ikr I can't ever catch bluegill on anything bigger than a size 6 hook lol!
JIMINY CRICKETSSS 🤪👍🏻
HAHAHA!
I don't really like those crickets.
Most of the fish didn't ether
Man, that fish feed is some toxic crap :/
I know it is growing some mutant giant bluegill!!
They look pregnant
Just full of food because they are lil pigs lol
I have concern about the feed.
You have no way of knowing what's in it...and if it comes from China, well i.dont want to eat those fish.
Who knows what's in that.
yea I dont want you eating my fish ether
Learn you a new knot. Bluegill shouldn’t take your hook.
Wasn't the knot the line was wore out should have re tied but was lazy lol