Pond fish
Started by Jenny81, Jul 17 2012 01:04 AM
7 replies to this topic
#1
Jenny81
-
- New Members
-
- 832 posts
Jenny81
- LocationSouth Central PA
Posted 17 July 2012 - 01:04 AM
I was just wondering what kind of fish these are. It is a man made pond, so there are sunfish, bluegills, Largemouth Bass, maybe Perch and rumors (which I don't think are true) of a catfish.
Life list: 158
Yard list: 82 - latest yard bird : Wood Duck
Latest Lifers: Ring-billed Gull, EVENING GROSBEAK, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Snow Goose, Canada Warbler
#2
JimBob
-
- New Members
-
- 7074 posts
Little SuperBirder
- LocationSan Diego County
Posted 17 July 2012 - 01:27 AM
actually maybe bass. . .
ABA list: 295 Latest: Swamp Sparrow
2013: 220
Yard List: 85 Latest: Violet-green Swallow, Tricolored Blackbird
http://www.flickr.co...s/89595711@N08/
2013: 220
Yard List: 85 Latest: Violet-green Swallow, Tricolored Blackbird
http://www.flickr.co...s/89595711@N08/
#3
GreatHorn
-
- New Members
-
- 3871 posts
Owl Enthusiast
- LocationMichigan
Posted 17 July 2012 - 03:29 AM
See the stripe down the body? Largemouth Bass, they are.
Chace
Lifelist 252 / 229 Michigan
#4
fisherman1313
-
- New Members
-
- 2414 posts
Support Warbler Neck Awareness
- LocationRiverbank, CA
Posted 17 July 2012 - 03:31 AM
Yep, Largemouth Bass. How big were they? It may be worth taking a pole with you next time. If the are not very big, try looking at them through your bins. I was at a park along a nearby river a while back and every bass I looked at with my bins looked like a twelve pounder!
New Year's Resolutions:
Get my lifelist to 300 (currently 293)
Finally get Mountain Quail and Vesper Sparrow
Top my previous single year best (2011-253) I'm at 193 as of 5/12.
Latest Lifer(s):Harris's Sparrow, Oka Ponds, Campbell, CA, 1/1/13
Favorite Recent Bird(s):Yellow-breasted Chat, Knights Ferry Rec Area, Knights Ferry, CA, 5/20/13; Blue-winged Teal (Pair), Peregrine Falcon, Sanderling (3),Franklin's Gull (9), Modesto Wastewater Treatment Facility, Modesto, CA, 5/12/13, MacGillivray's Warber, Adair Rd., Modesto, CA, 5/5/13, Long-eared Owl, Mercy Hot Springs, Fresno County, CA, 4/29/13, Lawrwnce's Goldfinch, Panoche Shool, San Benito County, CA, 4/29/13,Lawrwnce's Goldfinch, McHenry Rec Area, Escalon, CA, 4/21/13, Snowy Plover, Modesto Water Treatment Plant, Modesto, CA, 4/14/13, Blue-winged Teal, Redhead, San Luis NWR, Merced County, CA, 3/11/13, Eurasian Wigeon, American Bittern, Santa Fe Grade Rd., Merced County,, CA, 3/9/13
#5
Jenny81
-
- New Members
-
- 832 posts
Jenny81
- LocationSouth Central PA
Posted 17 July 2012 - 12:28 PM
Thanks, that is what I thought they were. These were maybe 10 inches long or so. I have fished in this pond before (caught mostly sunfish) and several times I have seen some +15 inch long bass swimming in the shallows, but that was during breeding season so I couldn't fish for them then.
Life list: 158
Yard list: 82 - latest yard bird : Wood Duck
Latest Lifers: Ring-billed Gull, EVENING GROSBEAK, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Snow Goose, Canada Warbler
#6
Joejr14
-
- New Members
-
- 2055 posts
Joejr14
- LocationVernon, CT
Posted 24 July 2012 - 11:00 PM
Thanks, that is what I thought they were. These were maybe 10 inches long or so. I have fished in this pond before (caught mostly sunfish) and several times I have seen some +15 inch long bass swimming in the shallows, but that was during breeding season so I couldn't fish for them then.
Uh, why not? Lots of people fish for bass during spawning season...
#7
creeker
-
- New Members
-
- 7209 posts
creeker
- LocationSan Diego County
Posted 25 July 2012 - 06:01 AM
Uh, why not? Lots of people fish for bass during spawning season...
Some places ban fishing for bedding Bass. I don't agree with banning it, but I have seen it.
Creationist Birder
#8
Jenny81
-
- New Members
-
- 832 posts
Jenny81
- LocationSouth Central PA
Posted 25 July 2012 - 12:22 PM
Well, we know the person that owns the pond so we can fish in it, but it is a man made pond and a small number of bass were put in there not to many years ago. We could probably fish during spawning season now, seeing as the population has firmly established itself, but the rule sort of stuck from the time when if we fished during spawning season it would almost wipe out the small population there. So that rule was only for that pond, as Creeker said.
Life list: 158
Yard list: 82 - latest yard bird : Wood Duck
Latest Lifers: Ring-billed Gull, EVENING GROSBEAK, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Snow Goose, Canada Warbler
0 user(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users
