Show conservation notes 1 by W H earl arl rhinehart to those far farmers and ranchers rn chera who are interested in fisli and fishpond management here bore are the fafty which I 1 mentioned that we would donld pass on to you this week eek i 1 qualifications of the fishpond your farm pond should cover at least one fourth surface acre water should be f from rom f courto our to ten feet deep and must not drop 1 helow below a 2 foot minimum 2 shoreline the shoreline should slope abruptly into two fc fedt e t of water shallow water encourages cou rages mosquitoes mosquito eg and nd weeds weds 3 ai vegetation if possible keep catt alls and other large plants plant out of the ond weeds interfere with fishing and have little value tor for fish 4 stocking four hundred bluegill and forty bass per surface acre or five hundred trout per surface acre or one hundred channel cat per surface acre are recommended commended ie 6 more fish can be stocked ato cited it tho the cooperator will fertilize life hla pond ponds can have tou many fish prod produce fice less numbers of fish but more pounds po unda 6 fertilizing tile the use us of fertilizer will in most cases increase crease the poundage of bass and bluegill from two to four our times fertilizer produces micros microscopic eople plant life upon which insects teed ceeil and insects are fish food for co correct amounts of fertilizer lion eon tact your local soil conservationist for actual figures 7 trout trout usually do not spawn in ponds ponda and therefore must be ic re stocked every two or algree years however jf if tile the water Is aerated atod maximum maitin um torn pera tuio ture la is not over 70 degrees and tile the cooperator wants trout hout lie he may request them biss bias and bluegill are are ferrod tor for farm faim ponds because tile they will ic reproduce produce readily in ill most ponds and thus continue good fishing for many years 8 L flannel channel gat cat it ponds are too muddy for bass and they be stocked with channel cat i they will not how however evel reproduce reproduce in fit farm ponds and therefore must be stocked every two or three years 9 old ponds if ponds contain fish but fishing Is poor or all the fish are small or it if tho the pond pont contains ains carp or other un dosi reable fish the pond sho should uld be drained all ail fish removed and the pond re stocked with proper species and number 10 hofto how to get fish for stocking farm ponds contact your local soil conservationist and he will take action n to get the fish for or you these fish come to you without charge from the U s 91 fish and wildlife service requests may bo be submitted jil at any time but must be submitted before august I 1 it if they are wanted that year they will po bo delivered by the fish and wildlife service bervice usually between july and december 11 harvest of the crop visiting fishing should start stait twelve months after stocking the carrying capacity of the pond Is rigidly coil controlled t by the quantity of the food present when large fish are removed more food becomes available for the smaller fish which then grow rapidly |