So sorry for the delay. Fun y story I actually saw you were looking for pickerelweed and then noticed you had commented on my old forum. So the fish issue, I have t sourced where they went. The only thing I can think of is predators. When I moved in the pond was surrounded by phragmites. I cut and sprayed those along two sides on the pond and as soon as that the herons moved in. Last year we had four big guys constantly destroying the bedding bluegill. Fishing was still poor but I did manage 5 bass over 6lbs in a week early September. Last year I did not catch a single yellow perch either. Lots of white crappie and then lots of smaller bluegill when I found the right spot. Still can't locate a fish shock company but this year I plan to stock some larger bluegill while adding lots of structure. There is NO structure outside of the weeds. So weeds grow well in the 4-8 foot of water but much past that it is all flat bottom ranging from 10-18 feet. When I say flat I didn't mark a single structure for fish so Im guessing the osprey love that as they hit the pond hard as well.


Enough about my fish. Did you have any luck with pickerelweed? I'm trying to source some from two native nurseries near me.