Everything stock tank/pond thread.

[Gunnyart]

If i am not mistaken, those are green perch AKA rock bass or Goggle-eye. They are ferocious predators and will tear up your bait population. Fun on a fly rod, but wreak havoc on smaller ponds and lakes

So should I fish them out as much as possible?

[bloodstick]

So should I fish them out as much as possible?

This is just me talking, but yes, i would. Every small body i have caught them in does not have much population of anything else. Very little bait, and any bass in the pond are skinny.


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[BrandonA]

This is just me talking, but yes, i would. Every small body i have caught them in does not have much population of anything else. Very little bait, and any bass in the pond are skinny.


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I agree I would throw everydang one on the bank. May not help but it’s a start. Every pond has them

[hog_down]

What Brandon said, kill every one of those green sunfish you can. They have a bigger mouth than a bluegill and can eat what a bass can, so they are competition.

[Uncle Saggy]

I grew up in Texas - when I was a kid we fished stock tanks period.



So if I call a body of water a tank, a pond, or a lake it is all the same to me.



Just like a bluegill is a perch and a perch is a bluegill.



So no disrespect intended - I was trying to complement you on your body of water - nothing more nothing less

There are Perch in Texas ??? Negative

[bobc]

I agree I would throw everydang one on the bank. May not help but it’s a start. Every pond has them

They get eaten from my tank. Some dang good eats there, tails and all.


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[Gunnyart]

They get eaten from my tank. Some dang good eats there, tails and all.


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How do you cook them?

[DRT]

How do you cook them?

Pan fry. Scale, but and behead.

Gary

[bobc]

How do you cook them?

Pan fry. Sometimes skin, sometimes scale. Remove head and guts , you’re good. We prefer those perch type fish over most others.


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[bobc]

Everything stock tank/pond thread.

How do you cook them?

You got me wanting to go catch some now, so I guess I can thank you for that :-)

To me, perch are the best eating. Old school I guess.


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[lnester]

I found this document from A&M, very good read on stocking a pond.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://fisheries.tamu.edu/files/2013/10/Texas-Farm-Ponds-Stocking-Assessment-and-Management-Recommendations-.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwj9x_263uPhAhVEKqwKHSyoD3kQFjAeegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw3MjRLtW6-EqGY1BiuLzmh8

[Kbar]

Anyone have pictures of their artificial structure and habitat ------ looking for new ideas on a pond without any structure other than a few trees.

[Dushon]

Anyone have pictures of their artificial structure and habitat ------ looking for new ideas on a pond without any structure other than a few trees.

5 gallon bucket with some concrete and pvc pipe works pretty good


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[hog_down]

1” PVC pipe, black corrugated pipe, red/blue 1/2 inch Pex pipe, and pipe dope, then let your imagination go.

[Kbar]

1” PVC pipe, black corrugated pipe, red/blue 1/2 inch Pex pipe, and pipe dope, then let your imagination go.

This was the EXACT picture I had in my mind when I made my post - seen it on another thread and thought that kicks *** - this is original and different - it offers several different statuses for different fish.

Looking for others.