Rex - I probably should get the meter out to either confirm or deny my concerns. Even though they are deep, they are only about 2/3 and 1/3 acre each. I've got upwards of 10+ inches of ice so I'll have to break out my little 1" spade bit to get thru. I think I can get the probe down thru a small hole. If not I'll break out a mattock. No ice auger here.

Since the ponds are 3 years old I was gonna start some serious culling this year. I don't believe they are over populated but I could tell last fall the native BG had lived up to their reputation of high fecundity.

Hopefully nature hasn't done the culling for me already!!

Chuck

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