We had a long and interesting night last night in North Texas. Tornado warnings are always fun with three kids under 6 years old. We wound up having 80 mph straight line winds. We were devastated to find that our huge 100 year old oak tree in our front yard was split in half. It was one of the main reasons we bought the property. However, the oak tree didn't fall in the pond. I had several 30 foot tall willow trees fall into the pond. Snapped at the base and fell perpendicular with the bank. I don't have much existing cover or laydowns in the pond. Would you leave them? Seems like they could be good natural laydowns.
Oh, I have many small willows to manage. It won't be anything new. They don't seem to grow in water deeper than 6 inches or so. I was more just concerned with adding that much organic matter to the pond at once, ph issues, etc.
I have a tree laying in almost the exact position in my pond. It wasn't a willow tree. We cut it down like 4 years ago and it fell into the water. It eventually sank and I still see it laying on the bottom. It has produced some nice fish.