I have recently purchased some land in Central Texas with a 25 acre pond. Thanks to this site I have learned alot. Here are my questions and some ideas that I want to do:
Idea: I want to draw down the water level about 4 feet to add structure, dock repair, kill off vegatation, clean shorelines dig out some deepr channels.
Question: During the winter there are roughly 700 ducks come in. Along with cormorants, pelicans and various other birds. I also have a high turtle population. With consolidation of fish in a smaller area will they kill most of the fish?
Question: What makes better structure (trees, tires, etc..)?
Question: Is dropping the water level that much to much? It would expose roughly 35%.
Currently I have high population of LMB, a small population of perch, about 5 carp, and have seen a couple of catfish. I have only been doing a catch and release this year to record everything. The bass are under weight due to what I believe is lack of food. I am correcting that and supplemental feeding the perch.
Thanks
