Cecil, do you attribute the clear water in the pond to the submerged vegetation that grows in the pond or something else? How much of the pond bottom (% wise) has vegetation growing on it?
All Sago Pondweed is gone. Only Chara on the bottom over most of the bottom. About 98 percent coverage. I attribute the clear water to the continuous well water that flows into the pond from the trout pond, no erosion, and uptake of nutrients by the Chara.
If you had to put an estimate on it, what is your fish biomass (pounds) per acre foot of water?
350 Yellow Perch average weight of 1.25 lbs.
150 bluegills average weight of 14 oz.
546.8 lbs Yellow Perch
131.2 lbs. of Bluegills
Total 678 lbs.
3.5 acre feet
193.7 lbs. per acre foot.
