Do They Add Fry To The Lake?

[LWD1982]

Hello out of curiosity I wondered why there are still a bunch of small fry in the lake when spawn time was a long time ago? My only guess would be because the DNR added them to keep the fish population stocked is that right? I don't know how else I'd be seeing really young fry swimming around this far away from spawning time unless someone added them. Take care now.

Thank you,

LWD

[Bluebasser86]

What kind of "fry" are you seeing? Some species of fish like bluegill will spawn multiple times a year and there will be some very small ones this time of year. Young of the year shad and bass won't be very big yet either. I doubt that any fry sized bass are being stocked this time of year.

[NoBassPro]

As far as I know the DNR harvests eggs and milt when the fish are ready, so basically any DNR stocked fish would be a similar age and size as those you see from natural reproduction.

I don't know of any storage of fish eggs for use at a later time or artificial means of forcing egg development in fish.

[00 mod]

Dont know where you live, but I have seen HUGE(tens of thousands) populations of asian carp fry swimming in my area! Wish I could kill em all with a stick of dynamite without hurting anything else....LOL

Jeff

[J Francho]

No one can really answer that question without knowing what lake and what kind of fry they were.

[WRB]

You may be refering to fingerlings or young fish about the length of a finger, whereas fry are tiny baby fish about 1/2" to 1" long. The time difference is about 3 months from fry to fingerling. Sunfish ( bass are a sunfish) spawn more than ounce, usually about 3 times within a month period each year, the spawn can last up to 3 months. Nothing in nature is exact and there may be a minor late summer spawn in some lakes.

Bass fry are rarely stocked due to the extremely low survival rate of baby bass, they part of the food chain.

Tom

[LWD1982]

Wow great info thx. How big can a bass grow in inches from spawn until now? For instance can I expect a 12 inch bass to be from this year or last years spawn? I do believe in the lake I fish there were bluegill fry.

[Bluebasser86]

Wow great info thx. How big can a bass grow in inches from spawn until now? For instance can I expect a 12 inch bass to be from this year or last years spawn? I do believe in the lake I fish there were bluegill fry.

That will depend a lot on where you live and what strain of bass they are. More than likely the 12" bass you're seeing are from the previous year. Most bass will grow a few inches to several inches long but it will vary between individual fish also even fry from the same brood.

[FD.]

Wow great info thx. How big can a bass grow in inches from spawn until now? For instance can I expect a 12 inch bass to be from this year or last years spawn? I do believe in the lake I fish there were bluegill fry.

1.5 to 2 lbs per year in warm climates like Florida and the Gulf states. I saw fingerlings a couple of weeks ago but I am fairly sure they were bluegill.