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I'm quite excited
>Several years ago, my uncle dug a spring pond on family lands into a way larger one, could even call it a small lake now
>placed rocks from small to huge to create several shoals with deep pits between them
>the pond didnt have any fish in it naturally
>we left the newlymade "lake" to settle down and regrow vegetation for a year
>Then placed a lot of local freshwater shrimp into the lake
>left it for a year, so the population increases
>then we planted dwarf whitefish babies from a nearby body of water
A subspescies of the common Whitefish, it doesnt grow beyond 5 to 6 inches in lenght
>again we left it for a year
>as we came back, we noticed that the outflowing stream had become several times larger
>The waterlevel had not gone down, but the water is now notably colder
>Decided to see if the fish still were present in the pond with fish traps
>We found that the whitefish are doing fine
>found brown trout, that we had not planted
We were excited about the Brown trout to no end
>We decide to give the brown trout additional food source
>released minnows into the pond
>admittedly they are a new fish to the area, altough they are present in other bodies of water locally
A year later we check the progress again, all planted and now naturally occurring species seem to be thriving
>caught a fat 4 pound brown trout
>as well as many chubby baby trouts
>we released them
>We circled around the small lake, to see if pike had moved in
>we couldnt find any, but we found freshwater snails and saw couple of muskrats and duck families
We are really proud of ourselves, Brown trout populations have been dwindling in the area, and we seem to have made a perfect nursery for them.
And this year, we decided its time we can start to lightly fish "the lake" as well as the small stream we ended up creating.