2 year old, 1 acre bass-bluegill pond in E Tx, max depth 13 feet with steep slopes. 50 acre watershed with feeder creek/spring.
I recently read about the practice of a winter drawdown and how this can concentrate forage for bass to eat easier as well as drying out/killing off unwanted vegetation. I have a lot of filamentous algae right now and I have a lot of silting in especially at the upper end of the pond. Its looking like a dry winter so I'm considering drawing the pond down 2-3 feet (I have a valve on the backside of the dam) then cleaning out the algae and some silt after it dries up. Hopefully plant some grass or something to prevent erosion when the rains come. Does this sound wise and possible?