Edited by jasonm0928, 25 June 2009 - 04:54 PM.
Looking for a good predatory fish for my 2500 gallon pond in Kentucky
#1 Guest_jasonm0928_*
Posted 25 June 2009 - 04:53 PM
#2 Guest_PhilipKukulski_*
Posted 25 June 2009 - 07:12 PM
Listed small to bigger.
Mudminnow
Stoneroller
Madtom
Common or Striped Shiner
(Creek) Chub
Stonecat
Pickerel
Bowfin
#3 Guest_Uland_*
Posted 25 June 2009 - 08:02 PM
#4 Guest_jasonm0928_*
Posted 26 June 2009 - 06:32 AM
Tell us more about the pond...especially where it's located. Not all fish can overwinter in the same area.
2500 gallons pond approx, 12'x12' and from 1.5' - 3.0' deep. Heavily planted.
#5 Guest_Uland_*
Posted 26 June 2009 - 06:45 AM
#6 Guest_fundulus_*
Posted 26 June 2009 - 06:51 AM
#7 Guest_Uland_*
Posted 26 June 2009 - 07:47 AM
Sorry about that Jason.
#8 Guest_jasonm0928_*
Posted 26 June 2009 - 10:06 AM
Pretty typical of me Bruce....miss the bold type in the title of the topic
Sorry about that Jason.
No problem at all, I have done it myself... I have updated my profile now. So does anyone have any suggestions on the best fish for my purpose. I surely want something that can take over wintering in the pond so I don't have to remove it every year. I'm not stuck on it being a bass or sunfish by any means but with my limited knowledge of native fish they are they only two I can think of that are good hunters and would possibly fit the bill. Thanks again for any direction you may have for me.
#9 Guest_hmt321_*
Posted 26 June 2009 - 10:44 AM
pirate perch would possibly work, they ate some of my sailfin shiners a few years back they were about 1.5"-2" long, you would never see them. dont know if they will spawn or not
a redfin pickerel or 2 may be interesting, they would do a good job hunting fry.
green sunfish, and warmouth will probably not eat koi much bigger than about 3" or so, but if they are present in numbers they will spawn and you will have tons of sunfish fry. but with single fish you should be fine
bowfin get huge
#10 Guest_JohnO_*
Posted 26 June 2009 - 10:49 AM
You might try a longear sunfish, they're easy to find in central KY, and are much prettier than a bluegill. Not as aggressive as a bass, so they might leave the larger fish alone. Problem you face is, when a predator finds that the shiny, slow moving small goldfish are tasty, they may start nibbling on the larger ones. I was thinking bullhead catfish as well, but they like to keep on growing, and can get larger. As I found when I was a boy, mixing bullheads and goldfish too big to swallow whole - the bullheads will chew on their fins. If the cats start spawning, you'll have a pond full of them very quickly.
Edited by JohnO, 26 June 2009 - 10:52 AM.
#11 Guest_jasonm0928_*
Posted 26 June 2009 - 11:28 AM
#12 Guest_CATfishTONY_*
Posted 26 June 2009 - 12:26 PM
or just do the basketballin the pool thing like some do for winter.
i would look into orangespotted sunfish (Lepomis humilis)
the only reason i say this is i do have some and they are the least aggressive sunfish i keep.
they stay small as sunfish go and love live foods and will take goldfish pellets after some time to adjust
well mine have.we do have member that keep Esox americanus vermiculatus - Grass Pickerel
DR. R Rice emailed a web site to me some time ago and they are very nice folks.
http://www.aquacultu...om/fwverts.html
and i think smallbass has some, look in our vendor section and see if he still has them.
http://forum.nanfa.o...?showtopic=1948
but if it were me i would go with the OS L Humilis.
#13 Guest_jasonm0928_*
Posted 26 June 2009 - 12:42 PM
#14 Guest_jasonm0928_*
Posted 26 June 2009 - 01:17 PM
#15 Guest_panfisherteen_*
Posted 26 June 2009 - 01:19 PM
#16 Guest_jasonm0928_*
Posted 26 June 2009 - 03:12 PM
redfins can reach 12", 14" being the biggest, so they would be good at keeping the fry numbers low if you get a couple redfins
All he had was the Grass Pickerel so I got a couple of those. He said they will be very effective and said they get between 10-12". I just hope it all works out or I will be putting two of them up for adoption on here lol...
#17 Guest_smbass_*
Posted 26 June 2009 - 03:16 PM
#18 Guest_jasonm0928_*
Posted 26 June 2009 - 03:45 PM
Edited by jasonm0928, 26 June 2009 - 03:49 PM.
#19 Guest_panfisherteen_*
Posted 26 June 2009 - 04:10 PM
I would think they could, but Im sure the bigger goldfish would do the same thing to the pickerel fry (or eggs) as the pickerel do to the goldfish fryI don't think the pickerel are likely to reproduce
#20 Guest_jasonm0928_*
Posted 26 June 2009 - 04:32 PM
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