Since starting this thread, I have set up a "rot basket" that hangs over the pond. I put fish guts, dead racoons, and anything else that will rot in it. Flies lay eggs in the stuff. Eggs hatch into maggots that eat the protein. Then they drop into the pond for my fish to enjoy. Seems to work well. I learned about it on this forum.



1 3/4 acre, 1/2 acre, and 1/10 acre ponds in NE Smith County, East Texas.