The pond is 3 acres, depths from 3 ft to 10 ft, and about 7/8 of it was covered with duckweed. I was hoping the duckweed would die out after a few frost, but it hasn't.
I just bought a farm 2 1/2 years ago. Its a chicken farm, and I'm trying to build up a decent herd of cows on it also.
The pasture around the pond is a hayfield, and has been fertilized with chicken litter once a year. The previous owner built the pond in 1998 and stocked it with 500 Catfish, 100 LM Bass, 50 Bluegill, and 50 White Perch. He added carp throughout the years. Everytime I take the kids fishing on it, they catch the bluegill like crazy. I can't catch a catfish or bass for anything.
This past summer, we had a turnover. One day in early July, I found about 100 fish floating in the pond.
Between the turnover and the duckweed, I've decided to drain the pond this week. It has a 6 inch syphon drain system on it. I got it going the other day, and the water that was coming out at first looked and smelled like raw sewage. It cleared up after a half day of draining.
I going to start over and see what happens.... Maybe you guys can get me lined out!!!
