I'll try to keep this short. Our freshwater fishing club is looking at the possibility of hiring a lake manager or at least some consulting. What services can we expect? Meaning, most any pond/lake manager will usually start off by: 1) Taking water samples for evaluation; 2) Surveying current fish population via electrofishing; 3) Recommending corrective stocking plan/harvesting plan; 4) Etc. What can we expect?
Since we are secluded in the south Pacific, logistics are the biggest problem. Instead of flying someone out here, we're hoping we can do the physical tasks here and send samples/findings/reports back to a manager via computer/mail/etc. We will be contacting a few pond managers in the meantime. Thanks for any input. BTW, I have been in contact will Bob and he has been a big help, but I don't want to abuse him when there is good advice from you guys right here.
Hey RW that's a good question! What can one expect? What are the first few steps we should look for. I too have thought about looking into this and it would be nice if there was something a novice could have as a guidline as to what to look for in a pond/lake manager as you call it. Maybe Greg Grimes will see this and chime in or someone simualr that does what he does. I am sure they could tell us what to expect.
