Hey, thanks for the warm welcome.
I've got a little experience in biology and hydrology, maybe i can give a little more detail. plenty of vegetation, ~7acre surface area, most of the lake is at 12 ft deep, with a few wells (one is 40 ft deep, but only about 10ft around, a black chasm that goes straight down).
Solid limestone underneath the dirt & gravel, makes for crystal clear water (and slow fish growth, from what i understand...)
The bass and BG are plentiful, BG have been getting bigger and bigger. Calico Crappie as well, although not numerous. They actually get pretty big.
As far as i can tell from my samples, the minnow spieceies are yelowfin topminnows (thank you handy dandy audubon ID book...) there may be more species as well. They stocked a few sterile carp a few years back to manage the algae, i think there is only one left alive.
Have also caught a rock bass in there, although i doubt the population is strong. One of the neighbors apparently caught a 35" northern in Fox Lake and carted it home, it was last spotted this summer, identified by its one eye (the mythical lake beast, Onezey).
There is a natural spring underneath the deep wells that brings in more water, and maintains the temp at the bottom of the lake at about 50 degrees year round. Plentiful rotting biomass for o2 in the form of cottonwood leaves covering shorelines, and few pieces of cover (pallets and wire spools) have been added to complement the natural cover of weeds and creekbeds.
the bass, though, just get smaller and smaller every year. I talked to the H. Association, totally against my fairly ambitious goal of taking 95lbs of bass biomass out each year until the population stabilizes with more bigger fish. They were slightly receptive to the idea of tiger muskie, although they are afraid it will destroy the population of their lake.
so that's all i have
