Largemouth bass are plentiful in Brays Bayou. You’re more likely to catch one near large structures like bridges and rocks, biologists said. “If you catch one it is best if you kill it, though eating it is up to you,” the biologists said on Facebook.

Lake Conroe

Visitors can bring their fishing license and spend the afternoon atop the park’s fishing pier, catching large mouth bass, catfish and rainbow trout. There are also restroom facilities conveniently located at each of the three barbeque pavilions, one just steps from the nature trail.

Stocking a pond costs between $1.25 and $4.50 per fish. The price for stocking a pond with fish depends on the type of fish and how many will go in the water. Some of the most common stocking fish are trout, bluegill, bass, catfish, carp and minnows.

Yearly maintenance of ponds costs an average of $2,000 for four regular servicing visits during each of the seasons. People pay $450 on the low end and over $5,000 on the high, but the price is heavily subjective and based on the size and complexity of the pond’s environment.

In general, most farm ponds can support no more than 500 pounds of fish per acre without supplemental aeration. When you stock and grow catfish to catchable sizes (1 to 3 pounds), you exceed the limit when more than about 150 catfish are present.

Re: Can you over fish ponds or small lakes They say that harvesting fish from ponds is vital to keep the species in balance. bule gill can spawn 3to5 time a year and produce thousands of fish. So if you are woried about overfishing don’t be because it is almost impossible to out fish small lakes and ponds.

An overstocked pond leads to smaller, undernourished bass. Latona maintains that if your pond is producing a lot of 10-14 inch “skinny bass” with bucket mouths your pond is most likely “bass/predator crowded” and is out-of-balance.

An overstocked pond also encourages algae. However, if your pond is overcrowded beyond treatment, you will need to remove some of the fish. You can do this by giving them away to friends or family who keep fish or sell them, but only if you are sure that your fish will be safe in their new environment.

Catching bass to keep and filet is an important part of managing any pond. As it happens, the size that makes for the best table fare, those in the 10- to 16-inch range, are just the size it’s best to remove.

A pond manager basically has three options to remove existing fish: drain the pond, stock plenty of large predatory fish (adult largemouth bass primarily are used for this purpose) or treat the pond with a piscicide (chemical that kills fish). Rotenone is the piscicide most often used to kill fish.

The small bass may be small because there is not enough food available for them to grow. And there is not enough food for growth because there are too many of the same-size fish, all eating the same size prey.

One of the most common problems for pond managers is overly-abundant or “overpopulated” largemouth bass. The same scenario holds true for Texas ponds and for northern ponds. Overcrowded largemouth bass populations are the number one problem biologists encounter in private waters.