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Old 11-18-2008, 06:29 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Starting a Pond!! (FRUSTRATION)

First of all I going to be brutally honest i don't have a clue how to start a pond, My grandpa built a pond for his grandkids 7 years ago, It just recently got filled with water, I would say it is maybe 13 ft deep at its deepest and lets say 4 acres, But i don't know how to judge how big it is either, Ok so here we go, I don't have much money to stock it professionally.. But i do have permisson from people to take fish out of 3 different farm ponds.. mostly stunted crappie what is the best way to getting a pond started.. Could i throw in like 40, 8 inch crappie, mixed with a bunch of already big bluegills 7 inch+, then start catch bass over 12 inches and put them in there.. Will it work, I just don't got a clue!!! And its frustrating me!! Here is what i want just hypothetically... I want a place where i can catch master angler quality crappie, some big ole brim, and yes some master angler LMB,, I do want to put some cats in there too, They live close to the BIG BLUE RIVER, i could run a ton of set lines and then take the catfish i catch and put them in the pond.. I even want to get some Wiper's from aquaman and put maybe 10 or so in there for a little suprise. CAN ANYONE HELP ME, It is just so frustrating cause i want this to work!! I was think of also during the winter months to put maybe 5 christman trees tied on to cinderblock on the ice to fall in when becomes the spring.. How should i do that too?
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