If you want something growing permanent in the water I have had some luck planting sago pond weed in my "hunting/forage" pond. It is supposed to be a great favorite of waterfowl. You can buy it from a source in Minnesota if you can't find it in your area. They sell the tubers and tell you all about how to plant them. It's really very easy. They only sell the tubers in about April/May time frame each year. I also hear that you can get wild rice to grow in some ponds even if there is no moving water. I have also found a place that sells giant burr reed seed. This is also supposed to be a great permanent waterfowl feed. I planted some last year, will be interesting to see if it comes up again this year. If you want to plant burr reed you have to buy the seeds now because they need to soak in the refrigerator until spring. Google both the sago and the burr reed and see what you can learn about their interest to waterfowl. These are things I would recommend for permanent water plants. Then as others have said, if you can plant other grain crops around the edges and maybe flood some of it, it will do wonders. I think the feds govern waterfowl baiting laws. And none of these suggestions would be considered baiting by the feds as long as you don't purposely harvest any of the feed and then leave it laying around for the ducks. You gotta leave it grow and seed naturally.
Last edited by bz; 01/29/10 01:11 AM.
