Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations Seining

I know you don't want to use rotenoe; but given the amount of water you have, the size seine required, and everything else... If it were mine, I'd be extremely tempted to use rotenoe to kill off all fish, take advantage of this hot dry weather to deepen areas, reduce siltation, place structure, and etc. Maybe even sow the entire pond with grass or rice seed or something. Then start over with a clean slate where you can add fathead minnows and etc.

If you think you have some nice fish left in the pond, you can try catching them out with lures / bait or someone around might have a seine they'd seine it for shares / fun / just to help. Might try asking around at local tackle shops.

Given how dry it is... You might also be able to rent a 2" or larger water pump and pump a lot of that water out over the dam or someplace to help keep grass, trees, etc. alive and also lower the water level to the point where less costly to rotenoe or seine with cheap minnow seine.