Pond Management-Pond Stocking

Pond Management-Pond Stocking is one in a series of informational videos to assist private pond owners. It recommends the species and size of fish to give you a quality fish population in Illinois. It also tells you which fish not to stock which will save you money! For additional information go to www.ifishillinois.org.

[@shawoutdoors7004]

I have a video related that shows u how to judge what your pond fish may need. And this video had great tips

[@milkgamer6104]

good to hear and we will learn from your message .thanks

[@pescaconchuchin4277]

were it is sir

[@fredflintstone1547]

theoretically if you eliminate one or two of your three predator species your catfish fry will have that much better chance of survival assuming you provide spawning caves for the cats. Also, proper structure in the form of old christmas trees and/or a large growth of bullrush or cattails will provide shelter for young, vulnerable fry and fingerlings from predatory species. The first species I would introduce after I aquascaped my plants would be fathead minnows or golden shiners at about 200 per acre a full year before the introduction of the bream and subsequent catfish. Personally I would largely forego the Bass and plant only 25 fingerlings per acre and instead plant a larger sunfish species along with bluegill. The thought being that the sunfish are more easily consumed by catfish than bass. Red eared Sunfish (which can eat snails and other shelled critters) I would add very sparingly with the catfish in order to control snails and things from getting too comfortable. A catfish that is a few years old will actively and successfully consume sunfish. I would entertain the idea of adding blue catfish to channel cats at a ratio around 1 to 10 to ensure that catfish are the main predatory species and for reasons of variety and controlling bream numbers. After a couple years in a new built pond I would harvest only 2-4 pound catfish, the occasional bream, and leave the larger fish to breed. I would provide copious spawning caves, structure/vegetation combined with depth variance to shelter fry and minnows and maybe even play with some type of hardware cloth to use as a creep and place them around the pond for sheltering minnows and fry as well. Special attention should be provided to the vegetation species and characteristics to maximize water quality, oxygenation and overall fishery health. I would probably fashion some type of RAM pump or wind/solar combination to move water from the shallow side of the pond to the deeper side and then down a water feature that aerates the water and continuously cycles/filters it through a series of charcoal and beneficial bacteria substrate. Ideally my pond would be fed by a seep or spring which would largely remove the need to pump water around.

[@salmonandtrout4813]

Carp are good for cleaning up vegetation in lakes rivers big ponds etc

[@michaelthilges2604]

ItzMikeOmg they’re invasive and tend to eat the spawn of other species

[@coleweede1953]

They destroy habitat and interrupt reproduction of our native fish. Excessive weeds are a symptom of a greater issue

[@Thegrim326]

How can I remove the carp couple years we had a algae boom that killed just carp

[@K_Marrs]

Yes

[@chickenman-nk8ns]

I agree with every thing but the crappie. We have always had them in our ponds

[@kerrinichol6620]

Same here

[@Flounder388]

You can add crappie AFTER your initial stocking but it can really mess up the baseline of your pond for the reasons that he gave in the video.

[@outdoorswithkaden1414]

I guess those 5-8 inch lmb are different colored than here. Here we would call them Kentucky or spotted bass. Our largemouth are a lot darker and less dotty unlike spots

[@matijaradulovic422]

what do you think

[@ketogenicknowledge245]

Is it possible to put some gar in there?

[@cubbie9499]

wat about small mouth bass

[@jonathanvandagriff7515]

Warmouth, rockbass, and green sunfish are completely different fish. A warmouth is a hybrid between a bluegill and a green sunfish and a rock bass is a completely different species.

[@jeremyhimes614]

Jonathan Vandagriff warmouth is not a hybrid. Lepomis gulosus

[@DavidSmith-fs1fz]

A rock bass is a red eye

[@headshotvisuals792]

What about they myan cichlids? Where do they come from

[@bevgrooms4924]

africa

[@jabassin1719]

Would it be ok if I stocked yellow bullhead catfish in my pond

[@nickfox3645]

Dr-Zephyr no!

[@jabassin1719]

NF Outdoors ok it was a simple question there was no need for the !

[@ryanbush3142]

NO

[@davids.5083]

How about trout? If you have a suitable body of water in Illinois, how do you recommend stocking them?

[@busydaboss423]

D S have to have a lot of water flow for trout they live in rivers

[@nickbadry4122]

I thought the carp eats the moss and plants? I've finished several stocked farm ponds with huge bass and huge crappie. Im enjoy bass fishing the most ill just put bluegill, catfish and bass in pond. I've also heard bass love trout this true?

[@toxic1698]

Yes large bass eat trout to the extent that it's actually become a problem with some states native trout.

[@matijaradulovic422]

what can i stock in europe

[@IvanSam1]

-Crucian carp, tench, rudd fish, common roach, bream, common bleak, perch, european weather loach ... -For biger ponds and lakes: comon carp, grass carp, pike, zander, european catfish.... You shuld do research first, not every specie is native in every part of Europe.

[@matijaradulovic422]

when we dont have lmb channel catfish and bluegill

[@stefans5841]

matija radulovic Imas zovemo ih americki somici, green sunfish su ti japanci kod nas se tako zovu.

[@matijaradulovic422]

+stefan stojanovic nas somic je rodjak kanalskog soma a suncica je rodjak green sunfish

[@stefans5841]

matija radulovic Malo drugacija samo sorta zato sto su nase mnogo manje,somic je rod najblizi brown bullhead catfishu gledao sam na vikipediji

[@matijaradulovic422]

+stefan stojanovic jedina je razlika to sto nasa sunc. i am. somic narastu do 350 gm a te vrste sto oni imaju rastu 1kg minimalno

[@stefans5841]

matija radulovic Ne verujem da bi bili dobri mnogo za baru,razmisljao sam ja za ribnjak ali ne rastu mnogo,a mnoze se previse

[@shaundiltz5821]

Waiting for your video on how you're taking 10% of all fishing tournaments in Illinois on your ramps. Mismanagement at its best. Defund IDNR

[@65FullMoon83]

I can't believe how many ignorant fisherman & pond owners put Flathead Catfish in ponds. I've seen it wind up in disaster more than a few times.

[@brandonthompson7075]

J.L. Herington why are flatheads a bad idea may I ask? They don’t reproduce well in ponds from my understanding? Just another predator fish.

[@kerrinichol6620]

Ya they are fun to catfish at like 20 pounds

[@kerrinichol6620]

They fight hard taste good and keep your bluegill and sunfish population down in stead of them tacking

[@ntomnia585]

@@brandonthompson7075 Flatheads eat live fish almost exclusively. They'll continue to grow and eat larger and larger fish and can wipe out a smaller body of water.

[@llessurdoow2325]

just likd dnr thinks they know everything... lol they just want to keep people going to the store for taxes

[@XxXsAxOsXxX]

and what if people want a carp pond? cmon

[@mihaiionascu9449]

Do you really think the carp is a bad fish, I mean that whole world likes them and fishes them only you americans think that carp is a bad fish and that it destroys the plants and the pound

[@cyanhart774]

they are a major problem here inj Australia. It is illegal to throw them back when you catch one. So it should be.

[@braydenwillett1592]

People get them confused with the big head or Asian carp

[@jamesireland9188]

Lmao comment section always makes me laugh

[@lancevandenbroek7864]

Whoop-dee-doo

[@jamesireland9188]

Grow up troll

[@tmo4330]

catfish will mess up the pond

[@bevgrooms4924]

your stupid

[@jmy7622]

channel catsshould be illegal to stock and should be commercial harvested to get rid of them

[@bilbobaggins293]

Y though

[@alejandrozimmermann4788]

You have no idea what your talking about do some research

[@jamesireland9188]

You obviously have no idea what you're talking about he works for the Dnr troll

[@TruRaidersG]

@@jamesireland9188 I have crappie in my phone, and they do very good