What Does Anyone Think About Taking One Type Of Fish And Puting Some In A Diffrent Pond That Dosent Have That Type Of Fish ? ?

Ex. Bluegill Into A Pond With No Bluegill !

I've done it on some ponds at a cousins ranch and the fish responded well. Though you need alot of bluegills to make a differnce. It all depends on the differnce in water quality too. I tried stocking catfish from one pond to another but they disappeared. Ive tried bass and they did good. Never tried bluegills We just bought those. If its on your own property I'm sure its fine. Don't know if you can take fish out of big lakes and being legal though. A friend of mine is stocking his right now. He did 1000 bluegills and about 500 sardines. In a year hell put some bass.

Might wanna re- read your TPWD manual....
The transport of any fish from one body of water to another is illegal, unless both bodies
of water (ponds) and the fish in them are owned
by the same landowner
tight lines
-B

ok cool thanks

Can you show us where it says that? It's my understanding you can't transport from public lake to public lake. Taking fish from a public lake and putting them in your private pond is legal, as is from private pond to private pond.

Can you provide a link where it says otherwise?

By the way, here is the closest I can find, and it's only regarding transporting into public waters. It's the 5th bullet down in the top section called General Prohibited Acts

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/annual/fish/general_rules/

From TPWD's site:

Can I catch fish in public water and take them home to stock my pond?
Fish that are legally harvested from public water may be stocked in a private pond. �Legally harvested� fish are caught by someone who holds the required fishing license, observing all applicable length limits, daily bag limits, and gear restrictions. For more information on licenses and regulations, see the Texas Outdoor Annual.

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/faq/landwater/fisheries/#f3

When you move fish from one waterbody to another you also move their diseases, like the largemouth bass virus. It is illegal to move fish from one public waterbody to another without a permit from TPW. These laws are designed to protect your fisheries.

If you are moving legally harvested fish from a public waterbody to a private waterbody you are taking a big risk. It is always best to purchase fish from a private fish producer and stock those into your private lake. Many private producers certifiy their fish to be disease free.

Check out the Texas Aquaculture Association website for more information on private fish producers in your area.

Dave

When weather conditions are right for the survival rate, we bring our legal bass home and put them in the lake on the back of our property. As mentioned above this is perfectly legal. I have a total of 12.5 acres about half of which is in the water. I am one of several land owners on this lake and � when full which is most of the time - it covers about 100 acres. I am aware of potential disease problems but this risk is weighed against the cost of properly stocking the lake in progressive steps with minnows then blue gill then bass. I have talked to several hatcheries and fish producers and they all give the same advice. Bottom line � no way I could afford to do it right according to acceptable standards of so many fish of certain types per acre. My neighbors display no interest in partnering with me. So� I just bring home my catch when I think they will easily survive the trip and stock my lake that way. We estimate that we have put between 100-200 bass in there in the last 2 years. The lake is silted and shallow and there are many carp in it so no grass. We believe that the bass will eat the carp fry and thus reduce the population and will allow for vegetation in the future. The negative of our lake is that much of the city of Forney drains there so no telling what kind of pollutants we are getting. We are the last of a series of 10 lakes so hopefully some of that is filtered out before it gets to us. Recently a new large subdivision has started on the back side of the lake which will ultimately add 8,000 homes. That might spell trouble for the lake.

I have seen one dead bass one time so I think our success rate so far is pretty good so far. We have put in a couple of 6�s and several 4�s and 5�s along with many 14-18 inchers and some smaller ones from slot lakes so we think eventually this will be a good fishery if area growth doesn�t hurt it. I am very much a conservationalist. The day I decide that the growth is hurting our lake, I will no longer put fish in it.

FM

Why would you not put just a few hundred fingerlings in the lake? I would think that, by starting off with larger bass, the smaller fish would not do as well and you would not get the baitfish population you need to sustain a good bass population.

Slightly off topic, but FMN, carp aren't eating all your vegetation. Common Carp don't eat much vegetation at all, most of the time you see them rooting around in it, they're actually eating snails, crawfish, insect, larvae, mussels, etc, stuff that lives in the vegetation.

About the only time they'd really resort to trying to devour vegetation ( They have a mouth like a sucker after all ) is if there was nothing else to eat, literally, and then your pond would have already been in trouble lol.

Unless of course they are White Amur. ( Grass carp ). They eat primarily vegetation, and are the fish people often get common carp confused with.

But anyway. Yes, Bass will definitely eat Carp Fry! And since carp are a naturally oily and fatty fish, just like trout and salmon, carp are VERY good food for bass!

Hopefully those bass you stocked will take a dent out of the carp fry population, and create a nice balance of big bass and big carp in your pond.