Dr. Willis, that is quite a diverse list of aquatic vegetation. Thanks!
One thing unique to the Sandhills region is that there is a lot more ranching rather than farming in the area. I suspect there are a lot fewer herbicides and fertilizers making its way into the Sandhill lakes than most other areas of Nebraska.
Here is what my dad's old pond had: Eurasion milfoil, coontail, chara, sago, duckweed, watermeal, some type of arrowhead, and cattails. There may have been other narrow leaf pond weed types present but I am terrible at telling them apart. The milfoil tended to dominate the pond in most years and grow all the way to the surface in 6-8 FOW. Estimates of the LMB population were 200+ fish/acre in the 9.9 acre pond. Keep in mind that our intial stocking was LMB heavy, 1800 LMB fingerlings, someone was a no show and we ended up with and extra 800 LMB fingerlings.
Last edited by Shorty; 11/27/12 05:38 PM.
