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Well poo-poo on you then.

This place is really the schnizzle...incredible views, plenty of room for a nice Morton, ample space for a natural "swimming" pool/pond, and is literally a hop outside of Lincoln - it's even closer than my place. I envision a beautiful double decker deck, beach, dock, and a kick arse rope swing not for the feint of heart.

When we sampled the BOW two months ago it yielded lots of 7-8" BG and I nailed a couple 15-17" LMB - WR all under 100 as Bruce indicated - guess this is due to the limited forage/habitat? There has to be millions of crayfish in this lake, and I think SMB and RES would perform really well and round out the fishery. Bruce can say what he wants, with all good intentions, but he'll be managing this lake by default within a year - I'd bet. He'll have a solid source of SMB with any luck, only a few miles away next year!

I love the Conderossa...in just two years I have made many memories, and would love to see it go to a pondboss family member - not some stranger. If anyone is interested in the Conderossa we'd have our places in close proximity - and I'd love to meet/hang/help out on projects with the new owner. I'd like to also mention, for absentee landowners, Bruce has a nephew who is a very intelligent, hardworking guy and knows all the ins and outs of the spread. In addition to several ponds that exist screaming for experimentations plus two with monsterous resident fish, I'd like to add there is lots of timber, rolling hills, a live creek, many morel mushrooms, and turkeys, quail and pheasants.

Did I mention you also get to be my neighbor/buddy? [Hope that's not a deal breaker!]

Perhaps clandestinely, if he's seriuous about his stated apprehensions, but I believe I'm with you on that.

Dr C (in my best Judge Smailes voice) "well, we're waaaaiting!!!"

In a couple years...

Thanks guys (and Dr. Willis!).

Esshup, although it may seem to be a bad thing that getting fertilization to bring an algae bloom to happen is difficult in a ground water pond, but if there is a 100% turn over every 3 weeks I would think you could stock higher numbers of fish with less threat of a die off or affect in water quality?

Esshup, I heard back from Jeff Slipke.

Here is what I asked him: Have you or any of your folks ever undertaken a fertilization program for a sand pit that is dug down into the water table? The ones where the water exchanges every so often from ground water flow?

Here is Dr. Slipke's answer: "I don’t have any personal experience fertilizing such a pond. I have dealt with spring-fed ponds that preclude fertilization due to excessive flushing rates. In those cases, fertilization just stimulates the growth of filamentous algae/macrophytes. In the case of the sand pit, my guess is that it would depend primarily on the water exchange rate. If water exchange is low and the pond stratifies, then the nutrients would likely remain in the photic zone long enough to be utilized by phytoplankton. If the exchange rate is high, then you might just end up feeding the growth of macrophytes."

Where is Shorty?

Perhaps he can take over the Conderosa?

Man, I wish. It's for sale at a VERY reasonable price right now.

I'd even give him a 5% Pond Boss discount, and throw in both utility vehicles!

Would he get to keep the palm tree? That might be a deal clincher.

What about MJ? Does the deal include MJ?

I'll pay YOU ten dollars extra to take him.

He's got a bad attitude.

"He's got a bad attitude."

Well, he had to learn it from somebody.

There's 2 GBH's standing on the For Sale sign right now, discussing the plan with MJ.

LMAO--

Best laugh of the day.

"Hijack mode on"

Dr. Willis:

Thanks for the reply. The ground is sand down to approx. 9', then it turns into a clay/sand/gravel mix. When renovating the pond last year, the water filtered thru the sand until it hit the clay mix, then entered the pond basin. We had no water enter the pond from below where the clay mixture started. I'll see about getting a boat on it to see if there is any stratification. I do have a bloom, but it seems to last a couple of weeks to a month. In September so far, we've had .08" of rain total, and the pond has dropped 13". I'm running a 28 gpm well into the pond now so it doesn't drop any lower.

Have a good time at the conference!

"Hijack mode off"

We will corner him at the conference and make him talk. ( note to self: pack the thumb screws)

"( note to self: pack the thumb screws)"

And the rattan for caning.

Esshup -- at the risk of more hijacking I'd like to hear from Bill Cody, Cecil, Theo, or Nate Herman about fertlizing up in your part of the country. How much is that management technique used?

Here is SD we essentially don't fertilize, as we are so darn worried about winterkill and that tends to over-ride everything else. About the only exception is fish culture ponds where the fish are harvested that same year and don't need to overwinter.

Thus far, Bruce has admitted that he is planning one pond on the new property, better than his Dad's pond at the Conderosa.

Actually, he also admitted that he had a place for another small lined pond like the 7200 gallon constant-flowthru pond. Well, maybe a couple of these ...

Bruce, send me a PM, Jen and I are 3-4 weeks away from putting our house on the market.

Closed!

Word.

Way to go Mabro!

Nice. An 'official' congrats.