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ToulatownTiger 
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| How often do you keep pond fish? (Posted on 1/26/13 at 10:42 am)
The pond i will be fishing is about 12-13 years old. My main concearn today is sac a lait. Fish are never kept out of this pond that i know of. How many should i keep and how often?
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JAB528
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| re: How often do you keep pond fish? (Posted on 1/26/13 at 10:45 am to ToulatownTiger)
Keep as many as u want. 
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FelicianaTigerfan
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| re: How often do you keep pond fish? (Posted on 1/26/13 at 10:48 am to ToulatownTiger)
Sounds like you should keep everything you catch
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Boats n Hose
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| re: How often do you keep pond fish? (Posted on 1/26/13 at 10:53 am to ToulatownTiger)
I usually don't. Unless the owner says to.
But sacalait probably need to come out of there. If you want some decent bass. Probably need to take a lot of fish out if you want decent bass. How big is said pond?
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ToulatownTiger
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| re: How often do you keep pond fish? (Posted on 1/26/13 at 10:55 am to Boats n Hose)
I would say its about 2 acres
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Boats n Hose
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| re: How often do you keep pond fish? (Posted on 1/26/13 at 10:56 am to ToulatownTiger)
Yea, that's big but not huge. Probably ought to keep a good bit to get some room for fish to grow.
If that's what you're after, at least.
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JAB528
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| re: How often do you keep pond fish? (Posted on 1/26/13 at 10:58 am to Boats n Hose)
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Yea, that's big but not huge. Probably ought to keep a good bit to get some room for fish to grow. If that's what you're after, at least.
It wouldn't hurt anything.
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ToulatownTiger
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| re: How often do you keep pond fish? (Posted on 1/26/13 at 11:06 am to JAB528)
Thats what i was thinking. Preciate the input fellas 
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INFIDEL
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| re: How often do you keep pond fish? (Posted on 1/26/13 at 11:12 am to ToulatownTiger)
Everything. If you don't want to keep it then throw it on the bank. Probably already too late.
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papt99
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| re: How often do you keep pond fish? (Posted on 1/26/13 at 1:29 pm to INFIDEL)
Keep every sacalait , every perch, and bass rule is 10-20 pounds per acre per year depending on fertilization.
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guttata
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| re: How often do you keep pond fish? (Posted on 1/26/13 at 1:32 pm to papt99)
We have a 4 acre pond and tell anyone who fishes it to take out all sac-a-lait and brim that they can catch
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DownshiftAndFloorIt
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| re: How often do you keep pond fish? (Posted on 1/26/13 at 1:35 pm to ToulatownTiger)
Sacalait are very bad about overpopulating a pond. I'd keep every one I felt like cleaning. You'll never get rid of them without nuking the pond.
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Kill Switch 
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Sacalait are very bad about overpopulating a pond. I'd keep every one I felt like cleaning. You'll never get rid of them without nuking the pond.
This.
They are like the rabbits of fish.
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SCUBABlake
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| re: How often do you keep pond fish? (Posted on 1/26/13 at 2:06 pm to papt99)
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Keep every sacalait , every perch, and bass rule is 10-20 pounds per acre per year depending on fertilization.
was coming to post just this. I pull ~10 1 lb bass out of my grandmother's pond a year to regulate it.
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| re: How often do you keep pond fish? (Posted on 1/26/13 at 2:39 pm to ToulatownTiger)
Neighbors pond: every time
My ponds: never
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INFIDEL
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| re: How often do you keep pond fish? (Posted on 1/26/13 at 2:43 pm to ToulatownTiger)
Where's Nascar? We need the final word on this pond management crap. 
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FelicianaTigerfan
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| re: How often do you keep pond fish? (Posted on 1/26/13 at 2:46 pm to Kill Switch)
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They are like the wild pigs of fish.
Fify
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Kill Switch
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| re: How often do you keep pond fish? (Posted on 1/26/13 at 2:53 pm to FelicianaTigerfan)
We'll just have to disagree to agree.
I think rabbits multiply faster.
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| re: How often do you keep pond fish? (Posted on 1/26/13 at 3:00 pm to INFIDEL)
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Where's Nascar? We need the final word on this pond management crap.
I'm here but don't have but a few bream in my pond if they're still in there after them rains.
To the OP if you need help with the white perch problem let me know where & when & i'll regulate them for you 
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