So, I have the pond drained down to the upper drain hole in the stand drain pipe and am most curious if cleaning off all around the entire pond with a mini bobcat excavator will render me ANY benefit at all to this pond. I will physically remove all the FA that just showed up recently, and hit this pond as hard and fast as I can with any natural measure I need to in the lifelong effort to minimize algae. I know attempting as full removal as possible of ALL algae is not a good idea, I get that.
So, question here is: Would removal of all vegetation at the water's edge (grass clumps, cattails, etc.) provide any benefit? The construction of the pond banks does not offer any fish an easy opportunity to make any breeding beds near shore, as I've seen created by countless sunfish-family of fish in other ponds with gentle sloped banks.
As always, many thanks to all who respond with helpful insight here.
