My girlfriend moved to a farm in willards maryland and her house is surrounded by about 150 acres of farmland and right beside her house is a pond now running to the pond is a very small ditch with not much water running to it and running from the pond there is a small ditch running back out to the river so there is always fresh water going into the pond its never stagnant, the water is coming from the pokomoke river now this far up the river there are no fish cause its just flowing to fast but in the pond there is activity of fish i've seen a couple large bluegill and in the shallow end of the pond there are 2 large hole's where it looks like fish have made nest's but we haven't caught anything there in the past 2 years. is there anything we can do to maybe feed the fish with or to just help them grow? the pond itself is probably 40 feet long by about 15 feet wide and the ditch's that enter and exit the pond are on each end of the pond.
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Call DNR. They might have stocking suggestions for forage/bait fish that if they get out of the pond, won't hurt wild populations.
Fathead minnows are on the menu of just about all species.
Fathead minnows are on the menu of just about all species.
We stocked the ponds on my grand parents land in Wisconsin with all native fish and a few years later have a thriving ecosystem. You may want to put in a head wall with an overflow pipe to damn the exit a bit so it does not just flow out. You cold also dig that end down to prevent fish from being washed out, that is what my parents just did on their pond.
Native feeders will need some sort of native plantings in a marginal area to make them feel comfortable and breed. The key is to recreate natural environments and leave it alone for at least two years.
Like posted above your local DNR will be great help.
Native feeders will need some sort of native plantings in a marginal area to make them feel comfortable and breed. The key is to recreate natural environments and leave it alone for at least two years.
Like posted above your local DNR will be great help.