It’s incredibly green right now out there! The oats and wheat are starting to show seed. The new small tank is filled. Seeing lots of gobblers in these 3 fields every day out there, which is always fun to see. Does anyone have any experience in mowing the wheat/oats down so it’s more tender and make it more attractive to deer? Just curious if anyone had ever done this or not.
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Lochow Pond & Lake Management is coming out on April 11th to do an electrofishing survey, test the water, and take a look at the leak in our dam. We are looking forward to seeing what they say and whether they make any recommendations on how we can improve our bass pond further (i.e. water test, aeration, habitat, removing/adding fish, etc.). I'll be sure to keep you posted. Have a great day!
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Originally posted by Droptine3030 View PostAny results yet? From the fish study
Our biggest issue right now is the leak in the dam. We need to fix this before adding more forage fish.
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Originally posted by Droptine3030 View PostSo yalls avg weight is a tad bit over 2lbs ?
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We are having Lochow Pond Management deliver 75lbs of tilapia on May 30th. We are hoping that these will help keep the algae from growing excessively while providing a lot of additional forage for the bass. I'm also going to be adding another 25lbs of golden shiners in early June. Trying to get some of these 3-4lb bass in the 4 -5lb range by the end of this year.
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I should be going out there this week to fill up all of the protein feeders and top off the cottonseed feeders. I just placed an order at Tractor Supply for our protein and cottonseed. We also purchased 4 bags of Purina Sportfish MVP nuggest for our fish feeder to help make sure our bluegill/tilapia continue growing and multiplying for the bass. It's nice to get everything at one place plus they have the bulk feed discount now, which makes it even better.
As it gets hotter and the doe are dropping fawns our feeders are getting hit much harder these days. The 6+ inches of rain in May really helped green everything up. I'm hopeful we get some good rain in June to continue a great year of rainfall. We are starting to see lots of native grasses and flowers that are over waist high since we have rested our property from grazing. It's really nice to see the native grasses and forbs flourishing! I'll try to post some deer pictures this weekend. Hope everyone is having a great summer!Last edited by bgleaton; 06-10-2024, 03:22 PM.
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