Morning All,
first off am going to stick with current management co. and give them a chance to help get it right. When purchased in 3/07 he gave a good analysis of water quality with numbers on both chemistry and type and # of fish to remove. last year was evident unbalanced, lots of 8-12 in LMB no 1 1/2-3# LMB being caught. BG 4-5 in. only few 6-8 in. range and those not fat and sassy. Late summer unbalance evident added threadfins then in Sept electro-shocked in order to check population and remove as many small bass as possible. Approx 260-300 removed by this an fishing in 08. Report for 09 disappointing "water quality good need to remove as many 6-10 in. as possible". Began in early summer reading this forum and began hand feeding BG, appears to made major difference in sizes in 6mo as now can see and catch all size and they are nice and fat.
This pond has 3 springs feeding it plus at least 4 more under water, get a lot of runoff also, so with amount of rain this year a nice bloom was hard to maintain. Basically stays full even when irrigating pastures during drought.
Initial plan is;
1-get rid of muddy water Alum and Qiuck Lime
2- Draw down 4-41/2 feet then seine to check population and remove small LMB.
3- Add habitat while water wadeable 2-3 places near dam(PVC tree),corners near docks(porcupines and similar, place auto feeder BG habitat near shore with 3-4 PVC trees deeper @ point where dead trees are approx 3 o'clock photo 2 & 4. this point has one of more gentle slopes.
Probably Do: Add 12-15 yards of gravel in corners between dam and docks with or w/o rock retainer in semi circle to hold gravel in place a furnish ledge.
Primary other suggestion has been dig 1-2 shallow cul de sacs in upper right for better bedding area, this easily accessible as was originally neighborhood swimming hole.
Thanks
Lamar
