Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Did the drought actually help LMB ponds?

Tim, one thing to watch for after the drawdown is population distribution of forage fish.

My pond got three feet low last summer due to drought -- I don't have a well so had to wait for rains to refill, months later. In the meantime, electro-survey found that my 3 to 5 inch size CNBG/BG had been virtually wiped out. They were ideal eating size for my LMB, so when flushed out of shallow cover didn't last long. Big panfish did fine, as most LMB can't eat them.

I had some 3 to 5 inch panfish stocked, may need to stock more this spring. Giant BG are fun, but as Bob Lusk has pointed out, we need a JV team to replace the varsity when they go to that big pond in the sky!