Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Building a dam My new spring fed pond. With pics.

Jnarronecu, I think Bill Cody meant "no weeds" to help reduce egg hatching. YP lay ribbons of eggs on submerged plants and branches, so oxygenated water can circulate freely around the eggs. No weeds means laying ribbons on the pond bottom, where silt and little oxygen will greatly reduce any viable eggs survival.

Cody Note: "No weeds" was meant to minimize or eliminate the cover and refuge areas for perch. A lot of this proper weed cover depends on the specie and number of predators when it comes to managing yellow perch and many other panfish. Only a few weeds are too much cover for an only yellow perch pond, thus with weed cover they can easily get overpopulated. Amount of weed cover is very important to maintain fishery balance in a predator prey combination.