Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Who's up for a road trip to N. Central Indiana?

Great Bruce! Bring a few fishing rods if you can, or you can use mine. I want to see what you can drag out of my pond.

I'm thinking of stopping at Cabelas and picking a rig that's a bit more travel savvy.

Remember the kid with the stick?
Talked to the Vet (grandpa) and he hasn't seen him since the day I did. He thinks they moved.

My brother nailed a couple SMB on a White SS worm, cut in half, and split about half way to make legs. Also got into some Crappie with red and white SS pellets!

His version of the story is they were dragging the boat around!

I just wish we could be there. Instead, we'll be forcing our way across stops at lakes, rivers, and at friend's places on the U.P., of Michigan, on the way to an even more tortuous fishing weekend and a family reunion at my cousin's 80 acre lake in Northern, WI.

If y'all have just 5% of the fun that the Pond Boss crew had at Richmond Mill, you will still have some of the very best days of your entire lives.

Ken, bring Thermacells with you. Talking to friends in upper N. Central Wi. they said the mosquitos this year are bad enough to pick you up and carry you away. The worst that they've seen. Even with head nets, they were still getting inside, and making life in general a big pain when outside.

O.K. Last Call. Anybody else? Here's the list. I'm going to the caterers tomorrow and ordering food.

Me - esshup - hoosierpondpros.com
JKB
outdoorlivin247
Sue Cruz - Vertex Water Features
Ted Lea and his wife - cleanponds.com
Bill Cody
Cecil Baird1
Bob Lusk - pondboss.com
Highflyer
Mike Schmidt
FCM67693
Bob-O
Sprkplug
Bing
David Ewald - fishiding.com
bbjr - Chris
Bruce

Man I wish!!!!!!

Scott, y'all have fun and take lots of pics.

Scott, is anyone local going to make it that isn't on the forum?

Sue, I would say yes. It was advertised like Cecil's Aquaculture Seminar and also in the relatively local establishments where people would buy fish food, etc. Cecil had 50 more people show up than what he expected. I am buying food/drink and have tables/chairs for 50. Anybody that is relatively local and has contacted Hoosier Pond Pros. was also invited.

O.K. More things are set in stone now. We will be eating around 1:00 p.m., or anytime after that. The caterer could not accomidate the 11:30 a.m. food pick up time, but they could do a 12:30 p.m. food pick up time. So, I'll be picking up the food then.

The menu is:
Fried Chicken
Italian Beef
Pulled Pork w/ BBQ sauce
Buns for Italian Beef and Pulled Pork

Baked Beans w/bacon
Buttered corn (not corn on the cob)

For drinks I'll have water, Mt. Dew, Pepsi, Coke, Orange, Rootbeer and 7-Up or Sprite. If anybody wants anything else, (as in diet drinks) let me know.

Tent, tables, chairs and 2 porta potties (one for guys, one for gals) are ordered.

What else am I forgetting?

$20/head should allow me to break even if enough people show up.

The local paper will sometimes run a notice free for a public invited pond clinic by nationally known experts. It won't hurt to ask. No charge for attending, charge is just for the meal. If it is well advertised I expect easily 100. I often get 50+ for my pond clinics sponsored by Soil & Water.

Thanks Bill!

Just making sure and reminding that the scheduled events will all take place on central time zone, correct?..

Correct, Central Time. I'm starting to get phone calls from local people asking for directions and verifying the time as well.

I will need some help after all. I will need somebody to be the MC. Anybody want to volunteer? I'll probably be running around like a chicken with it's head cut off. I know I'll have to leave to get the food.

I'm going to tap my neice or nephew to be the "gatekeeper" collect $$ and give out nametags.

One person is bringing their father, who has a hard time walking, so I will rope off an area close to the tent for handicapped parking.

The MC should be someone who personally knows all the speakers.

Let's see here, who on the list, personally knows everyone?

(other than esshup, and not a speaker)

Scott, I'm sad.

If I had of known 3 weeks ago there was going to be Mountain Dew there, I might have risked a divorce.

Hope y'all have a blast.

Has there been a speakers list or agenda developed?

Scott developed one with times and descriptions. He emailed it to me, but I thought he would have at least posted it here first.

How about some cold V8 with pepper?

MT Dew, I'd be bouncing off the walls with that amount of sugar!

This thing has grown quite a bit since I mentioned it to esshup. Lot's of stuff going on behind the scenes now, so we'll have to wait and see how it play's out.

Bing, this is what esshup emailed me.

The seminar is $20, but that includes a hot catered lunch and soft drinks/sodas. The seminar will be held in Grovertown, IN, approximately 1.5 miles North of Rt. 30 and � mile East of State Road 23. It will be held outside; there will be room to seat 50 people under a tent set up by the 1 acre pond.

Each speaker will have approximately � hr, and then answer questions for 15 minutes before the next speaker is up. I have speakers scheduled from 9:00 a.m. CST until lunch, which will be around 1:00 p.m. CST. There will be an open discussion after lunch where all the experts will be answering questions.

Here�s the schedule:
9:00 a.m. Sue Cruz from Vertex Water Features, Pompano Beach, FL She will be talking about the benefits of aerating your pond.
9:45 a.m. Dr. Bill Cody, �The Pond Doctor� , Malinta, Ohio. Algal & InvertebrateTaxonomist, Aquatic Ecologist/Biologist. aka The Pond Doctor and Dr. Perca, Pond Boss author and Forum moderator. Bill will be talking about the green stuff in ponds (algae), primarily focusing on the floating algae mats, i.e. Filamentous Algae.
10:30 a.m. David Ewald from www.fishiding.com , Wonder Lake, Illinois. David will be talking about the importance of having or not having structure/cover in ponds, depending on the goals for your pond.
11:15. a.m. Cecil Baird, Ligonier, IN owner of Baird Taxidermy and Cecil is on the Board of Directors for the Indiana Aquaculture Association. Cecil will be giving a talk on cage raising small fish in ponds. You can cage small fish, grow them larger and then release them into your pond to avoid them being eaten by the predators when they are small.
12:00 Bob Lusk, owner of Texoma Hatchery, Pond Boss Magazine and co-owner of the Pond Boss Forum. Nationally known fisheries biologist Bob Lusk, based in Whitesboro, Texas has helped people design, build, stock and manage private lakes and ponds for 29 years. The 53 year old graduate of Texas A&M University travels the country as a lake and fisheries consultant. He is editor of Pond Boss, a national bimonthly magazine dedicated to managing private waters. Lusk has also written three books, Basic Pond Management, Raising Trophy Bass, and Perfect Pond, Want One? He also has a video called, Basic Pond Management and a compact disk audio series on pond management. Two more books are in the works. He makes personal appearances at trade shows and seminars to spread the word of pond management and has been on numerous television shows from Alan Warren Outdoors to Bass Edge and many, many vignettes seen on Animal Makeover TV on RFD-TV as well as Monday Night Live on RFD-TV, sponsored by Purina Mills. He was recently on NBC TV � NBC Sports O�Neil Outside.

Bruce Condello from Lincoln Nebraska will be there but he isn�t a keynote speaker. Bruce is a dentist, but is more widely known for his fishing exploits.

We�ll break for lunch after Bob speaks, and have the rest of the afternoon for any questions/answers or hands on at my pond. Right now there are people from 6 different states that said they will be attending, not counting the keynote speakers.

I don't think he would be upset if I posted this info. He's got to be going about half crazy right now making this all work!

Should be a great time!!!

The guy with the Pink hat should be the MC

We do "NEED" an unofficial name for it?


Scott Stock 2013
Pondstock
Pondamania

Bring em on, let's get the names rolling!

Hoosier Pond Round-Up.

Not going to venture a name right now, but make sure you turn East!

esshup,

A most impressive list of speakers, I've been fortunate to hear them all except Dave and Cecil. I have a big interest in cage raising fish so I'm especially disappointed to miss Cecil's presentation. Sorry I hadn't notified you earlier of Connie and I not being able to attend but I had been stuck out of town as I had to leave last minute on July 4th and just got back (my boss and I aren't getting along too well because of it, I may have a lot of free time soon!). Of the many things I need to catch up on after being out of town is a trip to Winamac, IN to pick up some equipment so at least I might be in the area! Here's hoping for good weather and safe travel for everyone. Have fun.

Bryan

It's official...The Boss and I will be there....