Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations How can I encourage more dragonflies?

Thanks for the replies! After some thought, I've come to the conclusion that likely my biggest skeeter issue is the forage pond. I usually raise BG there during the summer, and drain it directly into the main BOW in the fall. It's deep for a forage pond, around 8 feet in the center, so wading in & seining is not really a good option.

Trouble is, after draining it still contains a foot or so of water. Even during the blazing heat of summer, or during a drought, it never dries completely. As there are few or possibly no fish left, mosquitoes can breed uninterrupted.

Not sure exactly how to deal with this. I feed, so maybe can use cast nets or even trap some panfish with pellets and transport them quickly to main BOW, leaving others behind. That way skeeters would never have a predator free zone to breed. Not as easy as what I had designed it to do, but I'm tired of being forced to leave around sunset!