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  1. 10-17-2014, 07:44 PM #1
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    We dug our first pond in June but it was leaking until a month ago when we lined the bottom with bentonite. Today we stocked fifteen brood stock bluegill into it, fish that had been waiting in 4x3x2 PVC/plastic mesh cages in a nearby pond since I brought them back from the panhandle in Florida the end of May. We have ten more in a raceway on the same property and will be moving them to the pond one day next week. The fish are a little pale at the moment due to the cooler water temps but will be pretty stunning come April.

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  2. 10-23-2014, 12:14 PM #2
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    Good looking gill.... Can't wait to see them in the spring
    Wishing you Blue Skies and Tight Lines
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    Thanks, Hellbender! Considering they're bluegill, AKA the underwater rabbits, we should have a passel of them along about May or June.
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    glad to hear ya got her sealed off on the bottom. Can't wait to see what comes out of there in the future bud
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  5. 10-25-2014, 09:10 AM #5
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    Thanks, Slabbacks!
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    nice ,wish we were closer .
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  7. 10-26-2014, 03:39 PM #7
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    Eagle, we could bring you some - you're only 147 miles from the hatchery. Just let me know in the spring if you want some and we'll deliver them to your lake.
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