Pond Boss Forums INTRO New Forum Member Introduction Greetings from Southern California

Greetings PB. Got introduced by Bruce Condello from another site to check out his intriguing article. Just incredible about of knowledge stored on one site. I'm surprised no one here is working on his/her PhD with the vast amount of info found here.

I'm a field environmental scientist who's love value the fields of natural preservation for future generations to enjoy. Your methods of fishery management placed your level of environmental adaptation and knowledge light years ahead of field researchers that work in the offices and labs.

Let me be one of the scientists to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your diligent efforts and shared wisdom to promote self-sustainability, with an emphasis on angling entertainment.

Bruce Condello, thanks again!

Leo

Welcome Leo! I'm sure you will have information to add sooner or later.

Hello Leo!

Glad to see you over here also. Will you still have time to enlighten us over at BigBluegill??

Still gonna' need your help with growing bigger Bluegills!

Tony

Leo, there are some PhD's here. Check out Dave Willis. Mostly we are just students who chronicle our successes and "uh-oh's".

Glad to have you Leo!

Leo, I can't wait to see some of your contributions. I would like to tell you that there are many here on this forum who are willing to take their efforts and their research up to the very highest level.

One of the things that often gets discussed here is how to maximize the ratio of ...

Monetary investment : Fish Growth

When you boil it down, that's the best way to get people to take notice in regards to fish nutrition. Anybody who can present a convincing argument that you can grow "X" number of pounds of fish mass, with less investment will be a hero here. We'll build statues.

Bob Lusk, the founder of Pond Boss magazine, and The Pond Boss himself has been a strong proponent of using high quality feeds.

0.60/lb of high quality fish feed grows a heck of a lot more fish biomass than 0.40/lb of low quality fish feed. Sometimes it's just a numbers game.

Then there are a few of us who just want to see the absolute biggest, most colorful, most beautiful fish in the world, and increased knowledge on nutrition is the best way to get there.

Thanks so much for joining this site. Can't wait to hear more.

Welcome Leo - anxiously awaiting your contributions to the Forum. Happy you found us.

Welcome Leo. Glad you are on board. You will find all types of pond/lake enthusiasts here. We cover the entire range from RAS and very small ponds to large lakes and from intense aquaculture to natural management with lots of ideas on how to reach our goals.

Hi Leo and welcome to Pond Boss. It's great to have another Californian on board.

Where are you located in California?

Please tell us more about yourself - I am intrigued.


Just a convincing argument will get you statues?

I shall work on a convincing argument immediately.

I am assuming that I get to choose the pose and the location of the statues.

Location, yes.

Pose....never.

Sorry about the late response. Couldn't figure out the watching mode until a day ago. Thanks for all the welcomes guys, and definitely you Bruce.

Location: California, Riverside.

Position: Environmental Scientist, both in toxicology and biochemical on fields of environmental-human inter-relation. Did also study research in biomedical for human, which help greatly in determining issues with biological impacts by environmental factors. Work with governmental bodies, such as DFG, EPA, cities, counties, water purveyors, contractors, covering a variety of fields such as construction, industrial, commercial, and even residential development and enforcement. They call me the jack of the crazy trades. No problem with that.

As Bruce said, posse, nah..knowledge dwelling and seeking..yeah..

Bruce have stoke a fire under my butt in aiding you to improve your fishery management, and of course, I will be glad to work in tandem with any awesome mind in this place to increase your monsters' growth. I truly don't care if you gain massive monetary benefits. Me, I just want to see HUGE fishes being adored by those who truly want to create a self-relied, self-sustaining, self-promoting and awareness of our bio-resources and diversities, rather than destroying it. We destroy too much already because of greed. It's time to properly bring back what nature has been building for the past thousands of years before we went and screwed it all up. Glad to be of service here.

Welcome Leo. Uh, we're a little short on great minds around here.

Welcome Leo. Glad to have you aboard. As Dave says, we can use a few great minds around here. Keep up the good work. I noticed you were busy overnight adding good answers in various threads.

Ken