Over the last few years, we have been trying to restore our forage base in a 236 acre lake. We have had a significant drought in eastern MO for the last two years plus a minor leak in the dam. The lake has been down about 7 1/2 feet for the majority of the summer. This has allowed a significant amount of grasses to grow up around the lake perimeter.
This lake is extremely clear with visibility of over 10 feet year round. The bottom has a significant Chara growth out to about 15 water depth. Lake is part of a POA so we have opposition to fertilizing the water.
We stocked BG this spring and have been feeding them all summer. We plan to stock more BG in 2019. I wanted to ask if stocking Golden shiners would be a good idea with the grass growth. With an existing stock of LMB, we would have to stock larger shiners. I just don’t know if they would have an impact on our BG stocking and growth strategies.
