TYPES OF LARGEMOUTH
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OK so Florida LMB bass wouldn't do well up north in Maine, i really don't like the idea of putting sunfish in the pond, every where i read says LMB feed on sunfish but as i said there a load of minnows and huge clumps all along the of what look like frog eggs or i guess they could be minnow eggs. So i hate sunfish, partly because of when i go fishing that always steal my live bait do i need them in my pond for a health ecosystem?
We have a lake here in VA called Briery Creek Lake, its continued to a top trophy producing lake although its only 845 acres. Last year it produced 44 citations with many over 10.
The reason its so sussesful is because it has both northern and florida strain bass. And tons of cover
Look it up man
The reason its so sussesful is because it has both northern and florida strain bass. And tons of cover
Look it up man
coope12;3455528; said:
You could probably sustain a good bass population with minnows as the sole forage, especially if larger minnows such as golden shiners are part of the forage base. I suggest you contact the Maine fish and game agency and ask for pond stocking recommendations. They will probably have a resource on the subject that takes into account the particular conditions in Maine.
Noto;3455638; said:
HHAHAHA funny story about this last year i took my girlfriend to my property and we went to see the pond. i'm exactly sure how it came up but she had never been fishing before so with that being said i got my poles and dug up some worms and she wined up catching a 4-5 inch minnow and thats no fish story the thing was like GODZILLA
Thanks but i have looked in to that if i get any fish from the state fishery i must allow public access to my pond (since as of then the fish are the publics property)and thats something i wouldn't want to do. But again i can just Ask that wouldn't hurt
MultispeciesTamer;3455915; said:
Don't worry there many other streams much larger on my land that do not obstruct the brookies run. this was a season stream was one of the smaller only a small about during the dry season and yes we did have some forsight when planning this pond. So don't fret the brookies still have thier spawning route.
uncwnells;3456089; said:
I would love to, huge fish is what i want. but being in maine and the cold weather i realize that is a pipe dream. But i just think the less fish i have in there the less complicated. My pond is pretty much a bowl so i have some shallow areas for spawning (if the bass become established) but would all the fish use the same spawning i have one area shallow shore line (about 5ft out) ,2-4 ft in depth, and about 40ft in length that i hope the bass will use to spawn and don't think that will support any other fish or push out the other spawning fish i am wondering i jist need to get an excavator in here and make a suitable spawning area
