You will get a real pond management education when seining an old pond. Old snags and misc junk are net snagers that allow fish to escape the net. A good number of fish are very good at escaping the seine even with good seine methods. Does your seine have a mudline?
It has always been my experience including for my own ponds, that there are NEVER as many fish and amount of quality of fish in a pond as one thinks should be there. Your pond is probably no exception. Keep up updated to your pond progress we always want to learn more about ponds. It is a good idea to keep good records of what comes out so you have a better idea of how much the pond is capable of supporting. My experience is old ponds do not support as many fish as a new or renovated pond. This is because a large amount of the overall productivity is bound or tied up in the organic slop in the pond bottom and unusable fish.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 02/06/17 01:50 PM.
