Toby - I keep forgetting that you have constant overflow from some spring fed water. Pond dye is not an option.
Your fish in a healthy plump range in reality has a lot to do with how crowded those fish are as density in the pond and how much food each one gets to eat on a daily basis. Thin bodied fsh usually means they are too crowded. Then reduce their density so each one gets more to eat. Adding more forage to an unbalnced fisheyr is IMO not a really good idea because feeding more food to over crowded fish often improves the spawning and recruitment of more new fish to an already overcrowded ecosystem. Fish harvest from a pond that is continually naturally becoming more productive with more fish is the wisest management for producing a high quality fishery for the long term.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 08/09/25 07:56 PM.
