Feeling pretty down guys. I put a lot of work into our little pond here, 1/2 an acre. Drought this year in east texas (pond is close to Lake Fork) is dropping it at an AMAZING rate. I am probably at 50% capacity right now and I don't really see it making it through another year.
Back in the great drought of 2004, it got completely dry...dead fish all over the bank including a 12lb largemouth (not a big fish out of Fork, all fish I stocked were small) my 1 albino catfish and of course the tilapia and redear/bluegill.
I do a ton of work on it, read all the time here on the forum...but if the pond dries up again I think I am going to call it quits and let nature take over. Between sprayings, stocking time, and the 1lb a week of golden shiners I put in I am at a bit of a loss for what to say.
Sorry to complain, just not too hopeful about the future.
I wonder if I can lay a line and get the river authority to approve me pumping water out of Fork into my little pond.
