On pond about 15 acres in size. I've been told it's 17 but my math is closer to 15. The red areas all grow weeds until the water depths hit about 8 ft. Deepest part of the pond is around 16 ft and all flat clay bottom. I was.told it was dug to 20 ft but it average around 12-14. Tons of crappie. I haven't found a decent sized bluegill yet. Lots of white perch which I hate as well. Good size bass but summer catching any decent sized bass is HARD. Spring and fall I usually pull multiple 5lbs bass a week. The south end has weeds all summer (red x). It's not even worth swimming or fishing whereas the north end where I live is better and only grows weeds on the edges as shown. Neighbors have no interest in aerating the whole pond but I was wondering if I threw 3 diffusers on the north end in 10-12 ft of water if it would help fishing? Thoughts on removing some of the weeds with a weed rake or is it better to simply herbicide an area? I've been told I need better structure in the deeper parts of the pond as it's all flat bottom and no stumps or brush. Any advice is greatly appreciated! I had a pond guy come out and he said the pond was healthy and if anything he'd simply do a large aerator and sink some trees but he also told me the white perch was a shad which I thought he was correct until I started catch them like crazy. Debating stocking a couple pike or muskies.
