Texasmark1
Well-known Member
I thought about dynamite but maybe there is a better way. Grin
We had this horrible drought back in '07 and between that, the blue-green algae we had up here (Lake Texoma stuff) and coon tail moss, I had over 100 (counted that many and quit) of my best bass and catfish die off.
I have since found the proper pond management chemicals and we have had some rain. Second the perch didn't die off and I have hundreds of them and third, last spring I planted 200 8-9" fingerling catfish.
Since all (apparently all) the large predators are gone, the perch and cats are prolyfic.
Problem: In trying to coax the cats to bite, the perch and turtles beat them to the bait and it is useless.
However: I fed them all last summer and they surface feed on floating food. I have a pier adjacent to where I feed them.
I have a 6' cast (throw) net but it's too small. I'm thinking about blowing a hundred bucks on an 8 or 9' with lots of weights and this summer when they come up to feed "lasso" them.
What do you think?
Serious replies if that's possible, please. Grin
Mark
We had this horrible drought back in '07 and between that, the blue-green algae we had up here (Lake Texoma stuff) and coon tail moss, I had over 100 (counted that many and quit) of my best bass and catfish die off.
I have since found the proper pond management chemicals and we have had some rain. Second the perch didn't die off and I have hundreds of them and third, last spring I planted 200 8-9" fingerling catfish.
Since all (apparently all) the large predators are gone, the perch and cats are prolyfic.
Problem: In trying to coax the cats to bite, the perch and turtles beat them to the bait and it is useless.
However: I fed them all last summer and they surface feed on floating food. I have a pier adjacent to where I feed them.
I have a 6' cast (throw) net but it's too small. I'm thinking about blowing a hundred bucks on an 8 or 9' with lots of weights and this summer when they come up to feed "lasso" them.
What do you think?
Serious replies if that's possible, please. Grin
Mark