Here is an idea of some of what to expect. What a great line-up.

Dale Hall—U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Director - Tales from the Top of the Food Chain

Ray Scott—What About Ponds

Bob Lusk—Warning Signs from the Pond

Greg Grimes—Fertilizing a pond

Dr. Mark Griffin—What’s the Big Deal with Feed Trained Bass?

Mark Cornwell—What the Heck is “Water Quality?”

Bill Cody—Microbial Use to Manage Water Quality

Bob Lusk—Pond Fish species

Mike Otto—The Great Pond Creation—Today’s world of building ponds

Dan VanSchaik—Wildlife—How Attractive is your Pond?

Ken Hale—What’s All the Fuss About Tilapia

Dr. Bruce Condello—A Sunfish is a Sunfish, or is it?

Bill Cody—Effectiveness of bass predation on green sunfish.

Dr. David Willis—Methods and Interpreting Fish Populations

Dr. Jeff Slipke—Throw Tradition Out the Window

Melissa Wuellner—Competition? What’s that?

Bob Robinson—Move water to clean it.

Bob Lusk—The Latest and Greatest Feeding programs

Leonard Jirak—Feeding Huge Fish—Great Expectations…and Consequences

Jim Liner—Capturing Wildlife on Camera—How to Shoot Better Photos

Ed Rogers—Soft Plastics

Eric West— A Sense of Time & Place - How to protect it.

Ray Scott—Philosophically Speaking


Additional events


Visit with the vendors - booths and products on display

George Glazener and fisheries biologist and pro Fly Fisherman Brandon Powers, Temple Fork Outfitters —Fly Fishing Your Pond

Aquatic Plant workshop—hands on—Panel of Experts.

Aeration Panel Q&A

Smorgasbord - One on one Q&A with speakers

How to find answers on the Internet—Pond Boss Forum Moderators

Silent Auction for fisheries research at SDSU

Moderators' Booth filled with surprises - come by and visit.