Bill,
Thanks for the feedback. Good to know the UV is not a big deal. Our overall concept is to get reproduction in this small shallow pond then transfer fingerlings to a couple of deeper ponds. The deeper ponds have LMB in them so we hope to get decent numbers of fingerlings, feed them up some, then transfer en mass to hopefully get some survival (i'm sure most will become bass food). Any thoughts on our approach? This shallow pond is loaded with common shiners, which I take as an indication that winter kill is not too much of a problem but I can't say for sure.
So far not much ice coverage this year. I was hoping to get some hard water fishing in, but missed the only short period of good ice we've had. It's mostly open water now.
Dale
