Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Too much cover?

Also very doubtful about having too much woody brush cover. I would believe that too much cover is possible for weeds but not brush and trees. BG should be spawning in the gravel spawn beds which I assume that you added. It is always a good idea to sample the fish community by various methods every fall before winter season so you know the status of the fishery.

If the pond does not have strong stream flow through and you do not have aerators in the deep bottom areas then the pond is thermally stratified after Memorial Day at your latitude. If you are an avid fisherman you should have an electronic thermometer to determine the thermocline. Locate your thermocline which should be around 8'-10' deep maybe 7 ft deep?. Deeper water than that will not have any fish in it this time of year and especially in July-Aug and don't bother fishing in those areas below the thermocline because almost always there will be no oxygen below the thermocline. IMO in a deep pond you should not have had a winterkill unless the winter was very severe or there was lots of dead wood & organics decaying and consuming DO during snow cover.