Looked like there was some pond plants (American pondweed?) established in the pond and that helps the fish. Cedars upright vs laying on the pond bottom will last much longer. Wire, Rebar and Cinderblocks were great for Cedar mounts. If you are in the midwest....hedge trees are probably some of the longest lasting as far as trees submerged in water (Hardwoods are better than softwoods).

Appears as though you already have a standing population of Crappie, BG and LMB. Best advice I could offer here is to measure some lengths and weights of your fish population for relative weights and post them here on the forum. The pros (of which I'm not one) can really hone in on what the relative weights mean and give sound advice on what if anything needs to be done.

Nice little body of water you have out there. Looking forward to seeing how you do.


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