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Corey - What method are you using to keep your pond surface temperatures at a max of 74F during mid summer? I would like to do the same thing for my ponds in northern Ohio. Our pond water temps will hit 90F for a few days and often several times in July and or August. We often have some perch and walleye die from thermal stress when ponds maintain 88F or 90+Fsurf temps for a week or more. I've concluded that the larger yellow perch and walleye become the more sensitive thery are to higher termperature. Northern OK is considerably south of Ohio and I would expect your water temps to be warmer for longer periods than those for Ohio.

If your warmest summer water temps are 74F, catfish will not grow very well or very fast at these temperatures. Catfish like water temps above 75F and are really happy at water temps beteeen 80F & 90F.