Boon, no; I don’t do much other than hope Mama Nature lends a hand.

A couple of considerations.

I live 70 miles from the land.

We have been in along term, 3 year, drought. I have one big pond and 4 small ones. All but one of the small ones were dry. Recent 4 inch rain, took 4 days so not as much runoff as I hoped for. That’s called a farmers rain. Smaller ponds, actually glorified puddles, came up about 6 inches. My big one came up about 10 inches. Previously, all but one were bone dry. Good thing I sold the cattle.

My 3 acre one is now one acre. Thus, my feeder can’t reach the water. When I or grandsons go there we toss in a bunch of feed. It all gets eaten. The topography(slope) of the pond precludes me from moving the feeder closer to the water. Generally, somebody is there once a week or more and tosses out a bunch of feed. A consideration is that bass and my remaining catfish that I call Nautilus also shows up with some bass so the sunfish are reluctant to feed.

I occasionally whiz away a bunch of money when a fish truck comes. I buy 10 to 15 pounds of fathead minnows to feed the bottom of the food chain.

Last edited by Dave Davidson1; 09/22/24 09:16 AM.
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.

Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.

Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP Grandpa