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The fish in the center of the net hatched out the end of May and was already in the six-inch range as of the day of this photo (two weeks ago). Half-inch fry to six inches in five months - not bad.

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Comment by Slip Sinker on November 7, 2015 at 2:50am

Awesome work Walt!

a dream of mine ... to own a pond and manage some gill

Comment by carl hendrix on November 6, 2015 at 10:52pm

thanks for the info. Walt; Ill forward any information I can get to him !

Comment by Walt Foreman on November 6, 2015 at 9:39pm

Carl, I traveled to the Apalachicola River each of the past three springs, starting in 2013, to fish it to get brood stock.  I only got seven the first year; last year I got thirty; this past April I got twenty-nine.  Thankfully they have the same prolific breeding habits as their other bluegill brethren and now I have a bunch. 

Comment by carl hendrix on November 6, 2015 at 7:21pm

where did you get these from Walt ?

Comment by Walt Foreman on November 6, 2015 at 7:07pm

Yes, we had a good harvest, Dick, very good for being the first ever from this pond.  I counted at least six different hatches of fry from the end of May through early October. 

Comment by dick tabbert on November 6, 2015 at 6:25pm

Looks like you not short of fry. I have thousands of fry swimming around in my pond now. Don't know what they are but I'm sure there gills.

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