In Alabama, not really. Red clay mud is so fine it really can't be filtered out without an inordinate amount of maintenance. A lot of mud-bottom ponders use cyclonic separators in attempts to reduce the amount of silt from their ponds. But, it's a losing battle since more of the bottom roils up naturally and from fish grazing and nesting. And, just feeding the fish adds to the clouding. Just check the ash content in prepared foods. Most are around 10%. This ash is usually inert binders and/or clay so, this inert material just adds to the silt in the pond. I keep the silt down a bit with lots of water plants but, it never gets rid of all of it.
Thoughts on Private Fishing Lakes?
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In Alabama, not really. Red clay mud is so fine it really can't be filtered out without an inordinate amount of maintenance. A lot of mud-bottom ponders use cyclonic separators in attempts to reduce the amount of silt from their ponds. But, it's a losing battle since more of the bottom roils up naturally and from fish grazing and nesting. And, just feeding the fish adds to the clouding. Just check the ash content in prepared foods. Most are around 10%. This ash is usually inert binders and/or clay so, this inert material just adds to the silt in the pond. I keep the silt down a bit with lots of water plants but, it never gets rid of all of it.
Sturgeons didn't reproduce in ponds, especially in natural ponds. That's why they won't spawn if the conditions ain't right. Also sturgeons didn't spawn every year. They are slowest spawning fish and that's why their numbers are in trouble.
Sturgeon are commercially raised/bred in ponds, spawning is generally hormonally manipulated;Univ. of Hawaii has been doing it for decades in Hilo.
and I worked with native fishes and in the hatchery. They will still spawning no matter how ancient they are as long as they are still healthy. Dying fish won't spawning anyways.
hormones helped them spawning in unnaturally settings. Like I said, they won't spawning if the conditions ain't right for them which that's why they are force to spawn with hormonal manipulation.
Each year many native populations of healthy, reproductively active sturgeon(and other species)won't spawn, do to number of factors....I don't have the time or desire to pull the fishery statistics for you.
I already knew that, dude. That's why I said these sturgeons doesn't spawn annually. Doesn't apply to other species tho.
You nailed it. Most US hatcheries employ the use of hormone therapy to induce controlled spawnings so the eggs/milt can be simultaneously collected for controlled tray incubation. Oviprim has been the injectible hormone of choice for decades.
