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Hi,
Have checked out this forum several times and found it to be very informative, interesting and fun! Have a new pond build summer 04. Stocked initially with fatheads/crawfish for forage base followed 6 months later with 200 Brooks and 50 Kamloops 3-4". Pond is .5 + plus ac. 23' deep in ctr. with 2/1 sideslopes. Used Geotextile fabric from top of dike down 6' total, 3' above water 3'below, then faced with flat field stone. This was done to cut down on cattails,aquatic weeds and provide cover/spawning areas for forage base. Pond is 100% spring fed,with all surface runoff deverted away. My problems have been, filamentous algae, dry weather aug/sept 05, herons and ospreys. Have introduced barley straw for the algae this spring and putting aeration system together to resolve mid-summer D.O. problems. Look forward to learning/sharing with this group. By the way the first trout I caught from the pond in Oct 05 was a 15" 1 1/2 lb Kamloop. Best Wishes Slydog
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Sounds like you have a well thought out plan. Keep us informed of your successes and not so successes. We all want to know.
Teach a man to grow fish...
He can teach to catch fish...
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Originally posted by slydog:
...Look forward to learning/sharing with this group. We're going to hold you to that!  It seems you've come into this a little more prepared than I did. I don't see any holes in your reasoning. Just so there aren't any misunderstandings, I fully intend on butter you up, so that if I'm ever in your area you feel compelled to invite me by for a tussle with some big kamloops. 
Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
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Welcome to the PB forum. We can use some more trouters (is that a word?). Keep us posted on what happens.
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Welcome slydog! What have you done about your heron problems? I will face the same problem when my pond is full. I have read that the heron is very territorial and will not land on a pond that already has a heron present. I have also heard that you can use a heron decoy to keep the live herons away. I was wondering if anyone had a source for these heron decoys? Has any members tried this and what were the results? I need one before I stock my forage as I already have one hanging around. I hope this idea helps us both. Keep us informed of your progress.
Please no more rain for a month! :|
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I actually spent some time to answer my own question. :rolleyes: Imagine that! I found this great thread on heron control! http://www.pondboss.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=14;t=000194;p=0 That andrew davis is a heron enthusiast. Or at least he knows a lot about controlling them. Would that be a heronthusist?
Please no more rain for a month! :|
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