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The Pond Boss & Richmond Mill Lake...a legacy in the making
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Jeff Workman Jun 1.
raising bluegill commercially
Replied Nov. 5, 2009
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Bill, absolutely true.
A pond or lake is like a garden. It produces a "crop", whether wild or cultivated. In order to stay "balanced", a fishery must have harvest...not overharvest or under-harvest...predator fish ultimately are efficient at harvest…
Growing Trophy Bass is a function of the dynamics of several different variables. Growing Trophy Bluegill can be a result of growing trophy bass. 50 bass per acre is an average, not necessarily a goal. Since the population is dynamic, always changin…
Sharon, 10-12" bass are easy to grow. Anyone can do it.
Thanks for the invitation, Bruce!
Raising Trophy Bass seems like a simple thing to do. Build a nice lake or pond, stock the proper food chain of fathead minnows, bluegill, redear sunfish in the beginning, then diversify the food chain later, add goo…
I'm a little slow sometimes so want to double check. Is the $600 per day per individual or per group of four? Thanks! Jeff
Folks, I just got home last night from Richmond Mill. I don't think I can type enough to describe this place for you. You've already heard about the phenomenal fishing, and I can attest to that. I did land my biggest bluegill of all time -- 2.0 poun…
Just wanted to share with you a nice email I got today from Robbie Everett, one of our guides, who asked to take his dad bluegill fishing yesterday on Richmond Mill Lake:
“I wanted to thank you for letting me bring my dad down to bream fish yesterd…
The only place I have been that had bluegill that size, was a lake on the golf course at the Doral Country Club in Miami Florida. My girls were in high school at that time, and were singing in a competition being held there. Due to the number of eve…
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- Largest bluegill ever caught?
- 1 pound 14 oz
- Favorite place to catch bluegill?
- My pond(s) in Texas
- Do you have a pond? If so, describe it.
- I have 8 ponds on 12 acres. Two of them are designed to grow bluegill to catch for fun. One of those pods was designed for swimming and I also use it for large quantities of easy to catch bluegill. The second is for trophy fish, bass and bluegill. Two others are designed to grow bluegill fingerlings for profit. One other happens to have bluegill in it, thanks to the migratory efforts of young ones during rainy spring seasons.
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Bluegill are a "Big" Deal
The first fish I ever caught was a sunfish, a smallish big-mouthed creature my dad said was a 'bream' and that I later learned was a green sunfish. I would venture to say the first fish many, many kids catch is a sunfish...and bluegill are the kings of panfish.
As a professional fisheries biologist with 30 years in the pond management business, helping people design, build, stock and manage private fishing lakes and ponds all over the nation, bluegill are head and shoulders above all fish as my… Continue
As a professional fisheries biologist with 30 years in the pond management business, helping people design, build, stock and manage private fishing lakes and ponds all over the nation, bluegill are head and shoulders above all fish as my… Continue
Posted on December 16, 2008 at 7:20pm — 16 Comments
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- At 5:30am on May 8, 2010,
Bill Bottger said…
- Bob: I belong to a 240 acre private natural lake which receives limited fishing pressure. A catch and release policy re bass was started 5 years ago with good success. The lake has tens of thousands of 8" stunted black crappies (which probably should never have been stocked decades ago). The bass are fat as pigs due to abundant food. Do you belive that closing bass fishing during the spawn is beneficial to help the bass population? Thank you for your valued advice. Sincerely
- At 8:25am on October 31, 2009,
Dale Fortin said… - hello please comment back. or on my disscousions or blog thanks
- At 7:07am on October 30, 2009,
Frank Jones said… - I knew you would like the photo. A very talented individual took it.
- At 9:14pm on October 29, 2009,
Clyde Augustus Douglass III said… - I am aiming for three this spring, boss!
- At 7:54pm on January 8, 2009,
Douglas Buck said…
- Thanks for the info.
- At 4:57pm on January 8, 2009,
Douglas Buck said…
- When you speak of not keeping your larger fish, what size pond or lake do you mean? I have a seven acre pond that I keep a close eye on and regularly harvest large gills from.
- At 7:42pm on December 16, 2008,
Bruce Condello said… - Welcome, Bob! It's really great to have the actual "Pond Boss" himself as a member. I've learned virtually everything I know about pond bluegill management from Pond Boss. I appreciate everything you do.
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where's the volume control?
ya but will he be there opening day/
there the little volume control turn it up and it'll beep if someone post in the chat room
That's a much better smile! Yum, he needs a hot oil bath!
I'm at the premiere bluegill fishing lake in the country, Richmond MillLake.
Boogie, you must have had soooooo much fun. Great catch!!!!
Is this hole anywhere near Tallahassee?
For those of you who are new members and don't know about it, there is a chat room if you put your curser on Forums, don't click it, and then just drop down to chat when it appears and click that. You can chat with anyone on BBG. Sometimes, though,…
I'd love to catch that on my 2wt fly rod! Nice fish!
Sorry Y'all
Had a picture problem and am in the process to repair it. Just a folder switch nothing drastic lol.
Yours in service
James and Kathy
found you a honey hole look like to me.
now thats what I'm talking about. Nice one Jim ( Envy envy)
Hey Boogie, are you sure that top fish is a flier? I think they look more like this...
in northeast, md
where did you catch those monsters? I live 80 miles from Lake Erie and have never seen anything like those jumbos.It looks like you were Ice Fishing
Tough guy!
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