Don't take this the wrong way, CJ, as I have nothing against you personally. But two years of experience working with ponds is almost equivalent to none; you haven't had time yet to really see the long-term effects of any management strategy you may have employed to this point. You may have some great ponds; they didn't get that way in two years.
I guess sarcasm doesn't come through on a computer very well... I've been dealing with ponds for just a hair more than two years.
And Walt, it's nothing personal either... Don't take it that way. I just like you am gaining nothing from this forum. I don't sell fish, I don't sell pond management products and I don't have plans on becoming a fisheries biologist. So I like you give advice based on the 17 years I have managed ponds for friends, family and myself along with the knowledge I gained while studying wildlife and fisheries science in college.
Again, pond management is extremely variable what your experiences may have been can often be very different from what my experiences or another member's experiences are. So we post what WE think would be the best methods to attain results. If they are different from other posters whether they be fisheries pros or amateurs is irrelevant. It is, in the end up to the person seeking advice to sort through the information given and decide how they want to manage their pond.
