Thanks for the quick response and the assistance with this forum and for the links to information. This is a beautiful pond and a unique piece of property and I want to be proactive in managing it.
I have alot of info to collect as has been pointed out. Although I enjoy bass fishing I am leaning more toward a panfish pond for the sport and eating. My concern is that there are to many bass and to little of the smaller crappie and bluegill. I became more concerned when a relative recently fished using live minnows at various depths for 1 1/2 hours and didn't get a bite. He seemed to think that if there was a balanced population he would have at least caught some smaller panfish (crappie).
Next 2 questions
(1) How much growth and/or moss before I get concerned? Some relatives think a small amount is healthy plus they like to run an artificial mouse across the moss top in the corners to catch the bass. I have one huge grass carp in the pond.
(2) What should be my top concern(s)with my pond? (I don't want to get blindsided!)
I am not sure if there are ant catfish or not, although I would think that there are.
Thanks again!
