Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Maybe RW is a poor indicator of LMB sex?

While regurgitating data that is found in reference books and other sources is fine, (people should always cite their source material. If not, other people that read the data will think that it was generated by the person that posted the information - I see this in FB posts more than I see it here.) there is absolutely no substitution for real world, personal hands on data and in multiple ponds over multiple locations and climates. What is seen on a daily basis cannot be transmitted to digital or paper pages in a way that gives a person "hands on knowledge". This doesn't just apply to ponds, it applies to other things in life too.

Just like a book smart mechanical engineer telling me that a vertical down weld isn't as strong as a vertical up weld. O.K., that may be true, but in this particular application where FMVSS testing was being performed and the attachment point had to withstand a 60,000psi pull. I got up, went to hand him the welder and helmet and asked him to show me how it was done. His reply? "I have never welded before." O.K., then don't tell me how to do my job if you have only had book learning or minimal hands on experience. Maybe the vertical down weld was ultimately weaker, but it was still more than strong enough. Book learning in my experience is NOT a substitute for real world, hands on experience.

FWIW, the weld and the test passed with flying colors.

Female fish are supposed to be larger than male fish, right? Everybody "knows" that. O.K., then why was a "female" 14" YP that I pulled from my pond to eat this Spring post spawn filled with milt? Because it wasn't a female, that's why.

Like Sunil said " The only thing that is certain in ponds is that no two bodies of water are the same. As such, it's laughable to state anything as 'facts' when it comes to pond management, especially when dispensing advice. Scientific studies are valuable as reference points, or loose guidelines, but are based on sets of assumptions that simply do not fully convey to any other bodies of water (location, climate, vegetation, depth, water source & chemistry, aeration or lack thereof, benign and non-benign tampering by other humans as well as wildlife, etc.) "

Two ponds, not 10 feet apart, that are the same depth, filled with the same water, dug in the same soil, can be two completely different BOW's. That has been proven to me and even with a water test, I cannot determine why the two ponds are so different water quality wise.