West TN Farm Pond Stockin
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along with a couple hundred bluegill youll need some LMB, probably about 30-40 fingerlings. id probably put very few channel cats in there then. the bass will feed on the bluegill and keep their growth rates chugging along. without bass youll have a pond full of stunted bluegill. too many channel cats and theyll raid the bluegill nests and feed on the eggs and fry.
JCDEERMAN
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We've gotten ours from the Centerville Co-Op. I'd just call the Co-Ops in your area...they typically can tell you the food truck schedule. When I've seen the schedule in the past while there, Ive taken a picture of it
Big Ben
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Not sure if you have a Rural King in your area but we have a fish truck at ours at least once a month with several species for sale. May want to check with them.
I called Jones Fish Hatcheries today. They have an office on Elm Hill Pike but don't have a hatchery there. They told me you can come pick them up at their location once a year though, usually the last week in March. I believe they are shipped in from their headquarters in Cincinnati. :bash:
Most helpful post in thread. Wish it was posted a couple weeks ago. Maybe next time.
Just saw it in the Fayette Co. paper over the weekend. You might call the 800 number to see when they are coming thru again.
I will post again if I see the advertisement in time.
I usually buy 15 - 20 pounds of flathead minnows in February for mine bass to eat over the spring / summer.
I will post again if I see the advertisement in time.
I usually buy 15 - 20 pounds of flathead minnows in February for mine bass to eat over the spring / summer.
I called the Fish Wagon place this afternoon. They're adding me to their email list for Tennessee stops. They told me they don't guarantee the fish to live beyond 45 min to one hour after they give them to you. They said they might make a stop in Hartsville in January. That's about 30-35 min from me. Hope they get down there in Jan.
Decided to take stocking the pond into my own hands. Went down to the river last Saturday and then again this past Saturday and Sunday. Stocked 82 bluegill in the pond so far. Going by the fish wagon's guide, looks like I need to put another 75 or so in. I'll throw in some bass and catfish later.
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yeah you better be careful depending on which river you took them from. my sons pond is right next to watts bar and the previous owners did the same. the only problem when they did that, those bass puked milfoil. it took him a year to figure out why there was so much algae in the pond. he had to kill the milfoil, rake all of the milfoil and filamentous algae off, put dye in the pond and aerate it.
Saw this at Stockdales in Oakland this weekend if anyone is needing some fish for stocking.
They usually make several stops in West Tn (Collierville and Somerville at least) around the same time; you can probably call and ask for their schedule.
I will probably get some fathead minnows to feed my bass over the summer.
They usually make several stops in West Tn (Collierville and Somerville at least) around the same time; you can probably call and ask for their schedule.
I will probably get some fathead minnows to feed my bass over the summer.
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huntintn
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How big are the green fish, I got a buddy that eats the piss iut of them. In mcnairy co too.
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2 to 4 inches
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Last time I was there we caught over 200 LOL
huntintn
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Amish will can those whole.CBU93":3ktfsmcp said:
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