Fishing Forum

I have a few ponds across the street from my house that are loaded w/ bass, bluegill, oscar, gar, mudfish, cichlids and 1 pond has some snook in it. what I think is big snook which are bout 2-3 feet. I havent caught the snook but the water is clear and i can see them sometimes. There is 6 ponds some have only gar and cichlids while others have everything, most are crystal clear and you can see all the way to the bottom out in the middle from the land.
There is 1 main pond that has tons of bass in it and it is always clear so what Im wanting do is catch the fish in the other ponds and move them to the main pond, especially the snook. Would this harm the fish in any way? Is there anything I should do before moving them.
How could I catch the snook. What lures are good? What is good snook bait? Should I fish on the bottom or the top?

Sry for all the questions and the long post
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First off welcome to BFT. Second, make sure it is legal to do in your state. I know here in UT it is extremely illegal to move live fish from the body of water where caught. Punishable by death[shocked]
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I have checked the fishing laws and saw nothing about moving fish. where whould I find the law about it?
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Call your local DNR office. They will tell you.[cool]
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I would also like to welcome you to the site!

There my be a natural reason that the fish are seperated and if you put them together the big ones might eat the smaller ones.
I do not know where you are, but I know that the WDFW (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife) will eat you for lunch if you transfer species without a permit. Check with your local regulators.
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Well the ponds are not stocked so I dont know how much of a problem of them eating each other is. The place used to be a county dump until someone bought it and cleared the land and gave me permission to fish over their. All the ponds have the same fish in them just different amounts. What lures or bait could I use to catch a snook
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Hey I never heard of a snook so I looked it up on the web and found it is a SALTWATER game fish.

Look at this pic...is this a snook?
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That would be a snook and I cant remember but I think there is a freshwater snook or a snook that can tolerate both fresh and saltwater
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A lot of guys use shrimp for snook, but they are usually fishing salt or atleast brackish water. I would try throwing a with zoom super fluke rigged weedless then try it with a jig head if that doesn't work.
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Welcome to our church.

First off, there is a term describing your intentions - "bucket biology". It simply refers to the meddling of marine life by laymen, people like you and I. Bucket biologists have brought wreck and ruin to many a body of water even when their intentions were good.
Unless you are an expert in this field I highly recommend you do not interfere with the way things are.
Instead I would urge you to contact professionals and seek their advise when and where you believe a problem exists.

-ABT
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