About to restock my lake

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robmcd;4225163; said:
Tilapia would make a great food source for BIG bass and arent bad eating for human consumption...
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sorry to say it, but they're illegal in TX.

pbass, aro's, rtc's and a few 'pimas. VERY IMPORTANT: make sure the 'pimas are NOT A. gigas, as they are illegal. make sure they are A. arapaima. here's where you can find the differences
http://www.conabio.gob.mx/institucion/cooperacion_internacional/TallerNDF/Links-Documentos/WG-CS/WG8-Fishes/WG8-CS1%20Arapaima/WG8-CS1.pdf

before someone says "there's only A. gigas! they're prohibited! blah, blah, blah..." i emailed jeody gray, the man in charge of permits and such, and he said the info is in fact valid and that A. arapaima is a legal species.:headbang2
 
dcorreia;4236974; said:
If you already have bass and catfish in there I would stock it with Shiners. Shiners are basically the twinkies of freshwater, everything eats them. If you want a healthy pond with big fish you need to make sure those fish get fed. You'll notice the bass and catfish population grow in size and numbers very quickly. We did this to a lake in my grandmas backyard in Florida a few years ago. The bass I've been catching are all super fat and healthy. We also put in some grass carp to eat the vegitation and they have done a great job keeping the lake clean. if you add grass carp make sure they are certified triploid carp, it basically means they are sterile and can't breed.
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Listen to this guys advise
 
BOWFINS!!!!!!
 
steelshade;4237662; said:
Arapaima would be awesome but even in south texas the water gets very cold in jan-feb. I don't see them thriving there
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in a deeper lake the temp is not as affected as much as the air. my philosophy says that if tilapia and such can survive in 3 feet of water, (there's a marina down the road from my house, go up the bayou and the water gets pretty shallow, but there are gar ((big ones, i hooked one 9 feet+, and i've seen one 14 foot.)), tilapia, plecos, and the occaisional oscar.) then a 'pima can live in 25 feet of water.

also, once i was on vacation in arkansas, and i saw what appeared to be a 3 foot or so 'pima. i dunno for sure though, it was a glimpse in murky water. it was swimming among some gars but with it's tail moving much more and a blunt, short snout.
 
I would put more food fish like sunfish,minnows,shiners,ext. But i youl also put more predatory fish in like gar,bowfin, pike\pickerel
 
A. gigas;4237725; said:
in a deeper lake the temp is not as affected as much as the air. my philosophy says that if tilapia and such can survive in 3 feet of water, (there's a marina down the road from my house, go up the bayou and the water gets pretty shallow, but there are gar ((big ones, i hooked one 9 feet+, and i've seen one 14 foot.)), tilapia, plecos, and the occaisional oscar.) then a 'pima can live in 25 feet of water.
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The deeper you go the colder it is. Heat rises.
 
All are good ideas. One good one is Mosquito fish, especially somewhere like Texas. Less Mosquitos when you fish and a good stable food source for the smaller fish hanging in the shallows growing out.

http://www.fishpondinfo.com/mosq.htm
 
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