In the 60's, my dad lived in Western Michigan and he had an approximately 1 acre pond dug in a swampy area that had a tiny creek flowing through. He planted rainbow trout and fathead minnows and I added about 100 wild caught yellow perch and brook trout. We fed the fish food pellets and with all the natural feed from the creek everything grew fast. In a couple years we had trout in the 14 to 20 inch range. We could see the perch spawning in the spring but they were hard to catch. In the spring at the end of the 3rd year (as I recall) we had a hard winter and the pond was frozen over for several months. When the ice melted all the fish were dead. Your video brought back some good memories. Thanks
Thanks for sharing. Sorry to hear of your fish kill. That’s really unfortunate. I have considered stocking a few bonus rainbow trout in the fall. I doubt they would make it through the year because of water temp getting too warm in our pond. Fishing creates lasting memories. Glad you got to share that with your Dad!
@@newnatureadventures trout can take pretty warm water but the quality of the meat greatly diminishes. Dad's pond got pretty warm in summer and it was difficult to fry the trout. They would fall apart in the pan and they had an odd flavor. They were better in winter.
Great video with the Perch. You know if you want to figure out the actual size of that Pond simply drive a stake of wood into the shoreline as a starting point....then use a measuring wheel to measure circumference, "Square" the number ( multiply that shoreline number with the same number) then divide that by 546,906 and if decimal point ends up in front, then pond is smaller than one acre.
Thanks for watching. If I had a measuring wheel, I’d try that. Thanks for sharing. I did just use the Google Earth Pro tool. I’ll post a short video of the pond measurement.
Oh me too! We’ll create the environment. I just don’t know if any of the females will be mature enough by spring. We might be one year away. But I’m hopeful we have a few that are ready by spring! Thanks for watching!
Yeah, I may have been too greedy trying to get all my favorite fish in a small body of water. But we’ll see how things play out in the coming years. We’re having fun….and that is one of the main goals.
I thought about it our first year when the pond was new with little vegetation. But in year two it was a different story. The plankton bloom was heavy and it seemed to be well fertile. Based on the amount of vegetation and the green water we had this year, I think the nitrogen and phosphorus were maybe higher than I would prefer. I’m not sure. I am planning to employ a different pellet feeding strategy next year to use some sinking food in hopes the perch will get more of it. Perch move deeper in summer, and I’ll try to get more food to them.
I haven't caught a perch in quite some time in our lake. I stocked another 50 perch and 30 walleye in October, but haven't caught any. I would like to try fishing for them this month if i can ever get a deer? Most of my focus has been on hunting lately. I also think I might try trolling next spring with our boat. The lake isn't that big, but i might be able to troll back and forth and just see what happens. Probably catch mostly crappie though.
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In the 60's, my dad lived in Western Michigan and he had an approximately 1 acre pond dug in a swampy area that had a tiny creek flowing through. He planted rainbow trout and fathead minnows and I added about 100 wild caught yellow perch and brook trout. We fed the fish food pellets and with all the natural feed from the creek everything grew fast. In a couple years we had trout in the 14 to 20 inch range. We could see the perch spawning in the spring but they were hard to catch. In the spring at the end of the 3rd year (as I recall) we had a hard winter and the pond was frozen over for several months. When the ice melted all the fish were dead. Your video brought back some good memories. Thanks
Thanks for sharing. Sorry to hear of your fish kill. That’s really unfortunate. I have considered stocking a few bonus rainbow trout in the fall. I doubt they would make it through the year because of water temp getting too warm in our pond. Fishing creates lasting memories. Glad you got to share that with your Dad!
@@newnatureadventures trout can take pretty warm water but the quality of the meat greatly diminishes. Dad's pond got pretty warm in summer and it was difficult to fry the trout. They would fall apart in the pan and they had an odd flavor. They were better in winter.
Best pond videos, Ever!
You’re so kind! Thank you!
Iowans are the best!
@JustinWayneDawg thanks for this! We’re pretty good! 😀 Appreciate you watching!
love the vedio thanks for the update
You bet! That one was for you! 😁 It was hard to tell exactly, but I saw at least four different fry that were 3” or maybe a pinch bigger.
Great video with the Perch. You know if you want to figure out the actual size of that Pond simply drive a stake of wood into the shoreline as a starting point....then use a measuring wheel to measure circumference, "Square" the number ( multiply that shoreline number with the same number) then divide that by 546,906 and if decimal point ends up in front, then pond is smaller than one acre.
Thanks for watching. If I had a measuring wheel, I’d try that. Thanks for sharing. I did just use the Google Earth Pro tool. I’ll post a short video of the pond measurement.
Hopefully we can see a video of a Walleye spawn in 2025
Oh me too! We’ll create the environment. I just don’t know if any of the females will be mature enough by spring. We might be one year away. But I’m hopeful we have a few that are ready by spring! Thanks for watching!
Putting Bass in that pond isn’t a good idea as they eat everything.
Yeah, I may have been too greedy trying to get all my favorite fish in a small body of water. But we’ll see how things play out in the coming years. We’re having fun….and that is one of the main goals.
Have you tried fertilizing pond... That might help growth rate.
I thought about it our first year when the pond was new with little vegetation. But in year two it was a different story. The plankton bloom was heavy and it seemed to be well fertile. Based on the amount of vegetation and the green water we had this year, I think the nitrogen and phosphorus were maybe higher than I would prefer. I’m not sure. I am planning to employ a different pellet feeding strategy next year to use some sinking food in hopes the perch will get more of it. Perch move deeper in summer, and I’ll try to get more food to them.
I haven't caught a perch in quite some time in our lake. I stocked another 50 perch and 30 walleye in October, but haven't caught any. I would like to try fishing for them this month if i can ever get a deer? Most of my focus has been on hunting lately. I also think I might try trolling next spring with our boat. The lake isn't that big, but i might be able to troll back and forth and just see what happens. Probably catch mostly crappie though.
Hope you got a deer! 🦌
@newnatureadventures not yet. Hunting doe season this weekend.
@ good luck out there. Hope the cold gets em out moving for you!