Thread: What kind of minner

Originally Posted by "G"

I order my fish and my fathead minnows from the local farm feed store....fish truck runs once a month.....i have 5 ponds on my place.

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5 ponds????Can't hide money...lol


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DD, there is a guy in Byram that probably has them. He stocks and maintains ponds all over this area. PM me and I'll get you his contact info.


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DD now would be a good time to completely drain and dig it back out to the original depth. Those older ponds usually have a lot of silt. Could also possibly enlarge the pond and add gravel beds. I would consider doing this before putting a lot of money into baitfish and stock fish.


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It's actually not that old. 8-9 years old and hasn't filled in much.
I swam the whole thing this summer to see what all was going on. It's an acre when the water is low and an acre and a quarter at normal pool. Around 8 feet deep along the dam and them half the pond is 4-5 feet deep.
Think the shallow end which is stumps is about 2-3 feet deep.
I lost 3 feet of water in this drought so that part was dry land but it's filling up now FINALLY.
Main thing is I need to get those Warmouths out of it. That's why I want to get the 4-5 inch Coppernose and redear to stock it with. To big for the warmouths to eat them.
Bet I caught 30-40 in a couple hours on my flyrod when I was trying to see what was in it. Nothing but those Warmouths, nothing else in it. Heck I have some of those that are eating size. LOL

I see now. I was thinking it was a much older pond. You could treat it with chemicals to get rid of the warmouths before stocking with your desired fish. My thinking is if you don't get rid of them they will always be a problem. You certainly don't want to be feeding them along with the coppernose, unless you're trying to produce a state record goggle-eye. While that upper end is still dry it would be a great time to add pea gravel beds. The bream love the stuff.


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