Originally Posted by canyoncreek
New Jerry,
Don't give up you are doing great! That mountain of dead vegetation is really victory staring you in the face.

Thank you very much for the encouragement!

Originally Posted by canyoncreek
The toadpoles eat algae

I have so many frogs and tadpoles. I have to be very careful not to scoop them up and toss them with the algae. I was out fishing today and noticed the algae is getting worse pretty quickly frown

Originally Posted by canyoncreek
You may want to try pulling a drag device (weighted box spring?)

This is my kind of innovation!
I will, one day, rig something up with a trash pump to try and remove some of the muck. It will be a few seasons before I get to that.

Originally Posted by canyoncreek
I keep thinking if I had a big floating rope 'boom' like they use to clean up oil slicks I could gather those leave and tow them to shore.

Now you've got me thinking about this too.

Thanks!


Lots to learn. ~4200sqft pond LMB BG.