I just want to say I’m really impressed and grateful for all this good analysis being done on my pond and start up fishery. I’ll admit a bit of it is a little over my head.
I found two interesting things today I’d like to point out which adds characteristics to this pond of mine.
First of all the continued feeding has me surprised at the thriving every weekend I come to visit the pond.
The numbers of bg and sizes are really increasing. And I’m seeing more throughout the pond and not just the feeding area.
Today my young boys were with me and treated to “get in” the pond out in the boat. They had a lot of fun and I noticed it was really producing a big cloudy area in the water.
I decided to join them to check it out.
When my feet settled on the bottom it was pure clay squishing through my toes. I’d go down and grab a hand full of and was just thick clumpy clay.
This covers the entire bottom.
I may have said in prior posts it was a sand/mud bottom. But definitely clay.
So what evidence does this provide if any that this is indeed a water table pond?
And what does it support for things like water temps and ground absorption?
Is it good or bad for the fishery?
Also noticed that tonight after dark we’d shine a light in the water where the fish feed and hold many active visible fish during the day and there was not a single bg to be spotted. Were they down in the grass? Did they got to bother part of the pond? Were they hiding? Why at night?
Cc
