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Reply With Quoteyes, hold of until the water hits the low 60's. That is a large mouth bass with a tail deformity. It looks like it needs a few good meals to plump up a wee bit.
Slabmaster
I can confirm the pond has fish in it. Caught this one hanging a 1 inch chartreuese shad big gulp minnow on medium size painted jig head 12 inches below a bobber. I let it drift with the wind for 2 hours.
I suspect this is a largemouth bass. Is that correct?
I have been taking water temp this week and it has been 50 to 52 degrees.
Should I still hold of for two more weeks to start feeding?
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yes, hold of until the water hits the low 60's. That is a large mouth bass with a tail deformity. It looks like it needs a few good meals to plump up a wee bit.
Slabmaster
This pond was planted with with bass, bream and bluegill last fall. There are not suppose to be any crappie in the pond.
Granddaughter and caught 15 of these between the two of us this afternoon.
Those sure look like crappie to me. Are they?
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The fish is a white crappie.
Slabmaster
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correct
Slabmaster
We have no set "HOA" rules on the pond, but most practice catch and release.
I have just started fishing the pond and was told in the past there were no crappie in the pond. I am also new to this type of fishing and posted the pictures above on the HOA facebook page for ID. I was pretty sure this was a white crappie.
I got two types of responses, first several responses identifying these two fish a white crappie and saying that is all they ever catch in the pond.
The other but fewer responses were to not put these crappie back in the pond after catching them. Toss them on the bank or eat them.
I am pretty sure I can oblige the eating part. Should I? This pond is less than 1-1/2 acres.
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feed the coons, feed the neighbors, feed yourself, feed anyone that will take them to reduce their numbers. By July all the ones you catch out will be replaced by the spawn
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Slabmaster
And from what I see you saying George, the only way to get the m out is to poison the pond and start over?
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correct or stock saugeye to start munching on them. ODWC recommendation is to stock no crappie in lakes under 10 acres because there is insufficient forage to support crappie. They prefer soft ray fish such as shad or minnows. They do not prefer hard ray fish such as bluegills, bass etc to eat.
