Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Creating habitat Tree Cutting

I live in Louisiana where cypress trees are common. In fact are state tree is a bald cypress. When my pond was being excavated there were several trunks still underground even as deep as 8 feet before we hit the top of the cypress trunk. The excavator operator dug around them to avoid damaging his bucket and we also felt it would make great habit to leave them. There are about 7 spread throughout my 3rd acre pond. If I allow the water to drop a couple feet it becomes a pain to fish because of the hangups. I loose a lot of hooks, but I usually get the bobber back though. The worst are the big CC's who alot of times run and wrap me around a trunk. Then, I not only lost another hook but also loose a fish that probably wont bite again. I am sure the fish love the trunks, but sometimes I hate them