At least you still have some size and volumn. Dramatic ups and downs are frustrating though. I never know what to do with the regular area that is either underwater or dry.
You and me both. I have to keep the biomass at the "low water area" level because I'm afraid of overcrowding and causing a massive die-off if the fish all get crammed into a small area for a long time. I figure that I've lost 50% of the ponds area with the low water level. If I had a high biomass, the low water and snow/ice cover for the past 4 months I could have made for a massive fishkill.