My 1 3/4 ac pond seemed to be doing well but over the last several weeks I've found 4 mature dead bass floating - found a couple large ones maybe three weeks ago floating -- both in ther 4lb range and today I found a couple more in the 2lb range.

I had a good bloom going from late may to the end of July 18" to 2.5' visibility. The water cleared up around beginning of August and it was shortly after that I started seeing floaters.

I'm leaning toward killing off all the remaining watershield in the pond as I think that is what killed the bloom. I'm thinking maybe the bass were having trouble feeding in the clear water (noticed the last bass I caught looked skinny) and/or the O2 levels dropped.

We did have some big rain storms but I don't think the pond turned over as I didn't see any dead BG - normally when I get some turn over I see a few dead BG - never had an issue seeing dead bass before.

Last edited by nvcdl; 08/31/24 07:31 PM.