Stocking The Pond With Fish!

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[@D21a8ta]

only one acre? looks bigger

[@IndyFarmLife]

That's what she said! 🤣 But yes, 1 acre

[@Kermit_E_Frog]

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[@ricomidence2063]

I see a lot of videos like this and I swear they look way bigger lol

[@HeritageFarmsTexas]

Good job. New follower. We are on the same path. We have one acre pond. I’ve built my habitat, installed feeder and planning to stock this fall or spring. Good luck. Did you dye the water?

[@IndyFarmLife]

Thanks! Sounds like you have all the right things in place for some good game fish. I have been meaning to drop a bunch of habitat in but still haven't gotten to it. Yea, I have been dying the water for several years now. Makes such a difference in appearance and algae control.

[@anthonysaquatics4359]

Wishing you continued success in your pond but isn't that too many fish?

[@IndyFarmLife]

No Sir. That's why I had a professional stock it for me. They know the ratios/volume of fish per acre. It's balanced and the pond is the right size to support what is there. Now we wait for them to grow!!!

[@Kent-pb2jl]

Thats an awful lot of largemouth bass, about twice as many as most say is needed. They can quickly over populate requiring you to remove fish. I did 60/acre rate and have probably double or triple that after 2 years. Especially without an established food chain. I'd have stocked shiner/shade/fathead and maybe sunfish this year, then predators the next. Give them time to grow and spawn first.

[@olov244]

at 4:33 one of the floaters swims off, so there's hope

[@IndyFarmLife]

haha what a great eye!!!!

[@SilverBackCeasar7414]

I'm from Ohio but stay in indiana. Want to come fish that pond.

[@homeostasis4me485]

Cast net. Local lake. Stock your pond.

[@Kent-pb2jl]

Seems WAY over stocked for one acre but I suppose this depends on your fish goal. I'd have wanted 1/3 of that number of bass. You'll have a problem in a few years with hundreds of stunted bass.

[@IndyFarmLife]

I just went with the professionals recommended. I'm certainly not a marine biologist or expert in the area, so I deferred to them. At the end of the day, it will be nice to catch some fish with my boy at the pond, but moreso, the pond is for swimming and general enjoyment.

[@Kent-pb2jl]

@@IndyFarmLife Get some Optimal BlueGill Jr and you can get them feed trained. Its fun to have 300+ fish come to the dock to feed. Might need some starter if they are really small.

[@mgoh1984]

Fish need gradual change in water temperature and quality, not being dumped from water they have adjusted to into your pond. I think you bought to many fish too and the grass carp probably starved since the bio mass had not developed enough for them yet. The pond looks great and I hope the fish are doing good, but I wouldn't have gotten as many because they will reproduce.

[@leemanruss555]

imagine introducing grass carp, a super invasive spoecies thatll fuck ecosystems, have we not learned to stock natve fish?

[@IndyFarmLife]

They are sterile grass carp

[@Kent-pb2jl]

Thats why permits are required, looks like only the seller needs permit in Indiana. Lot of states require the buyer to obtain a permit first.

[@andypowlesland599]

Thank feck you are putting fish in that pond, most of us are on here to see how the pond and its life is getting on :-) keep it going 👀

[@IndyFarmLife]

Haha I wouldn't have it any other way! In a couple years the channel will be about how big of bass and cats we are pulling out of here :) I'm behind on editing, but I have a video about aeration and the beach in the works!

[@andypowlesland599]

Great news! Have a look at bama bass and there videos! Not perfect but a lot of pond build videos and now like yourself stocking fish! Your channel could be massive

[@IndyFarmLife]

Thanks for the info! I would be OK with that. :) I think it would be cool to try to video the fish in the water. Our dye may make that tough.

[@BigJ76937]

Get that habitat and aeration going, thats alot of fish. My hybrids got massive in about 2 yrs time. Beautiful pond, good luck.

[@IndyFarmLife]

Thanks! The air has been on for a year and a half. Has worked wonders. Still need to get habitat in there. They are growing well, though.

[@RondoFrmBtd]

@@IndyFarmLifeold Christmas trees, fallen trees and brush after storms, and gravel 🫶🏾

[@gideoncor]

Great job! Watching with interest from Tasmania, Australia.

[@IndyFarmLife]

Awesome! From across the pond! See what I did there? ha Glad to have you.

[@Allyourbase1990]

I’d be happy with a half acre pond 😂😂 I really want to have a house with my own pond someday for bass and bluegill

[@IndyFarmLife]

Keep grinding!! Was a dream of mine too!

[@eddiebailey6250]

Awesome

[@IndyFarmLife]

Thanks Eddie!

[@monicabennett8238]

we live about 2 hours from u. Been waiting on the aeration you go with. We are building a solar system just not put together yet. We had to go add some bentonite as pond was seeping some through levy and waiting on it to fill up naturally.

[@IndyFarmLife]

Hi Monica, I remember you asking about aeration a few weeks ago. That video is next! It has been working out well so far. I'll hopefully get it posted next week.

[@Judehow-zp2kv]

Why is your water blue?

[@IndyFarmLife]

Pond dye!