Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Renovating a Pond or Lake? Small Pond...Hundreds of new fish...What first?

Those ARE a lot of goldfish! Those fish look like they were hatched a year or 2 ago.

O.K. If you remove underwater vegetation, that leaves more nutrients for algae to grow.

You could possibly use a fine mesh cast net to get them out, catching most of one school at a time.

You could start throwing out floating fish food a handful at a time, and when they get used to eating it, start throwing out a Stubby Steves pellet on a #10 hook on 2# or 4# line. It'll take a lot of catching to get the majority of them.

Stocking a dozen 14" LMB would fatten up the LMB in a hurry!

What are the goals (fish wise) for your pond?

O.K. One last question. Is it just me, or do others on here have to scroll sideways to read the posts on this thread? If so, anybody know why the thread is so wide?