Stocking Backyard Bass Pond with Shiner Minnows, Crayfish and more
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- čas přidán 13. 08. 2020
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It's time to stock the backyard bass pond with bait. Golden shiner minnows, Pumpkinseed sunfish, crayfish, perch, tadpoles, frogs and of course small bass are gathered from the surrounding waterway and stocked into the backyard pond. The pond was dug two months prior and is now ready for bait fish and bass.
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Trapping and netting produce the most bait for the pond, but I have to make a desperate stop at a bait shop in order to replenish the shiner minnow numbers that the bass have eaten. A smallmouth bass grows from a tiny fish into a six inch bass in a short time and on the way, eats more than its share of shiner minnows in the weeks ahead. Underwater footage shows the bass chasing the shiners and cornering them into the shallows. The stocked sunfish and rock bass are seen on underwater cameras settling into their new surroundings. A problem frog that will attack anything that moves, eats a few crawfish along the way.
Smallmouth bass fry are added to the pond early on in the pond stocking, and they grow quickly and remain plentiful with few predators in the pond. A largemouth bass is finally added to the pond in hopes of it growing large one day. The goal is to have enough large minnows in the pond by fall to have those minnows spawn and reproduce in the following spring in order to create enough of a bait buffet so that larger bass can be stocked.
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we need an update on the pond this video was really entertaining
I absolutely loved this video! It's sometimes more helpful to see someone else's mistakes before you make your own, so thanks!
Your pond needs more structure to allow the bait fish to live and breed. Definitely need to stock with about 1000 shiners. Pond management is important for pond health.
Thanks, have done that and you were correct. Will have an update soon.
The crayfish frog drama was hilarious.
We need a update on the pond and the pond needs more structure so the bait fish can hide and reproduce
Should be up soon, finally.
Respect to that Bullfrog 😎
is it a bullfrog or a green frog? Looking at pictures they look and sound the same, just bullfrogs are bigger. That frog did not look that large, although if a bullfrog, it could be a juvenile.
Frogs eats anything 😋thru som tree limbs in at one side of pond
They do eat anything! I've got a bunch or trees in the pond now since that first video a few years ago, thanks.
We need more this year please!
Cool video! Also a good idea to stock minnows in the winter when the bass are slow and the minnows will get smarter once the water warms up.
Very entertaining. We enjoyed it.
You need to stock about 500 + minnows per acre, maybe more. There should be a hatchery or two relatively local to you where you can buy minnows much cheaper than at a bait shop. You also need to add some structure for all your fish. Throw a couple of small dead trees or bushes in there. Add a rock/brick pile... once you get the bluegills spawning, you've added another food source for the bass.
I would rather stock it with a food source for me
@@fishfire_2999your food source dies if there is no food. Without structure the fish food source dies
What a great entertaining video ! Well done !
Thanks Dan.
Great video man. Bullfrogs are monsters by the way. Ha
Bullfrog cure, 2" x 2" with a nail in the end. Nothing good comes from bullfrogs...
the frog triped me out lol
chicken skins and scraps work pretty good
Thanks
4:22 best part
Buy some minnows in bulk from a hatchery and feed some fish chow regularly, plus add structure will improve minnow survival rate so they can reproduce hopefully. Sure is nice and clear.
I took an old dog kennel (you can wrap with small chicken wire if needed) and put a few logs and gravel in the center of the tray and sank it near the bank. I release my bait fish into the kennel so the predator fish can’t get to them and they have a sanctuary
That's a good idea. Thanks
Use oatmeal balls for the minnow traps. It works great. Make sure to freeze the oatmeal balls so they hold together a bit longer
What do you use to hold the oatmeal together?
@@ryanhoelke mix water with it, but not too much. Just use enough to make it sticky. Then put the balls in the freezer. We’ve used this method for years trapping minnows
We use nylons in fla for chicken to catch crabs .Not sure if that would transfer or correlate to minnows .
Man that pond is teaming with life 2 mo old lol that frog though wt ??Good stuff nature is something we just dont see enough of in the city .Well I try to but this is cool .👍
I know you don’t wanna but you may need to pull a few bass out.Perch are working pretty good for me now.
Another note…my biggest issue are turtles try your best to not let a turtle pop establish a colony.
And here we see new garden aquaculturalist Ryan, in his natural cultural influenced environment sacrificing crayfish to Poseidon in order to seek blessing for his new pond.
That’s frog is a bully 😂😂😂
I use liverworst as minnow bait which works the best for me. Sardines and canned tuna usually performs decently as well.
Thanks for the tip, good idea.
Cat food will catch TONS of crawfish and minnows etc
When your trapping minnows don't put the trap deep. The top of the trap should only be about an 1to2 inch below the surface. Sometimes you can have part of the trap sticking out of the water and still does well. Minnows will sit atop your trap and pick the bait off the top if the trap is too deep. Your trapping in a river or creek put in slack water near some moving water or near some weeds/vegitation Use dog food(not alot, half a handful because the food swells up and wait. You will catch more. Give it a try. Hope this helps
put in some brush cover habitat to keep the minnows safe cover.
Thanks, I did that in the last couple pond videos. It worked great, the brush and trees hold so much bait.
4:22
LOL
I just stocked mine with minnows
The small fish need to have protection to get to maturity , then they will reproduce , then you wont need to buy more minnows . Throw some trees and some aquatic plants in there , all of the bio sphere will benefit.
frogs eat anything from mice to crawfish
You need structure in your pond for the minnows and other baitfish to be able to survive any predators in your pond. Other than that great pond
Good video and a update would be good.
Coming finally :)
4:23 😂
You may need some sort of aeration for your pond.
I've got a windmill that keeps the pond from freezing over in the winter
I do not have anything like that for mine. Just need plants in the pond and when pond freezes the create center oxygen
frogs eat anything
have you worked with a biologist from you state DNR/ fish and Wildlife department? they are a fantastic resource !! I agree with previous comments regarding structure, take the trees that you dig up and place them in the pond. with no water flowing into the pond you may need to add some type of aeration - solar power bubbler possibly? oxygen level may be low if fish are dying. I am not an expert, I hope the suggestions help.
Working on that on the next video now.
Put bread in the minnow trap and they will come real quick. Simple it definitely works
Put bread in your minnow traps Check daily!
I've had more success trapping minnows when the openings on the trap (like those in your video)are close to the top of the water ( half the trap out of water) and next to the bank and running with the bank. I us cheap cat food for bait
And that is why you need to establish the ponds plant life prior to introducing predator fish.
4:22 goodbye crayfish be safe out there...wow, nevermind....RIP
Put some bluegill if you do bass they will balance each other out
Next video on gigging bullfrogs
whats the size of this pond please?
50 wide x 100 long x 8 feet max depth.
You need estructure so the menows can hide and bass cant eat all of them
My man im sure by now you have a complete ecosystem in there you need to just throw 100 minnows in there and a 20 pound bag of live crawfish and they will do the rest for you you wont have to stock it again
Generally speaking, the ratio of bass to forage fish should be 1/10.
I almost sh.t myself watching frog eat the crayfish. the 10 to 1 pounds is counting that frog and many other things. try putting bread in your minnow traps and check on them every 24 hours.
Your video should be how to kill crayfish and small bait fish fast.
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I think what you're doing is called "feeding", not "stocking". 😅
Yep, stocking bait.
Don't people ever stock bullheads in ponds? I could see a personal pond having bullheads and bluegills. And much later on the introduction of smallmouth bass. I'd stay away from the largemouth. A pond with small fish is perfect bait to use in rivers for flathead fishing.
DUDE KILL THE FROG SERIOUSLY
My pet, ha.