POND BOSS 2021 Magazine Articles Contents and In
Sections of Ask the Boss and Pond to Plate omitted due to time limitations.
Jan – Feb 2021
1. HISTORY OF ORGANIZED PRDATOR CONTROL: Part 2. VanSchaik. Government laws from 1931 to present.

2. REPEATING LESSONS…. Cornwell example college class sampling of township pond.

3. THE LIVING EARTHEN SPILLWAYS. Otto. Three examples of natural spillway repairs.

4. ON FROZEN POND: WINTER ICE AND POND HEALTH. Dr.Neal. What cold water does to pond life.

5. WINTERKILL. Cornwell simplifies what happens when lots of fish die in winter.

6. RENOVATING A SILTED TENNESSEE POND. M. Gray rebuilds a pond filled with muck, silt and plants.

7. WINTER 2021 – STRANGE HAPPENINGS AND ADVICE. Birdman Special attraction tips for winter birds.

8. DECISIONS, WHAT ROUTE TO TAKE. McDonald tells 3 options to fix a lousy fishery.

9. CONSIDERATIONS WHEN CREATING AN ENTERTAINING FISHERY. Beasley. Setting possible goals.

10 SANCTUARY. Tuzzolino describes their enjoyable Catskill pond.

11. MAKING OUR POND. Bruss. Development and challenges of a California pond.

12. PERFORMANCE CULLING – IS THERE A BETTER WAY? Kernes. Creative use of hybrid striped bass.

13. WHY ARE MY FISH SKINNY? Lusk. Why some bass are skinny and some tubby in same pond.

14. LOOK WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. Lusk. Good looking and early season preparations for a better pond.

15. A WATERY STORY IN THE MAKING. Simmsgeiger. Changes of society are affecting pond changes.

16. FEED TRAINING REDEAR SUNFISH. Lusk & EASLEY. Good methods for pellet training.

17. FISH GROWTH. Ewest discusses bioenergetics energy flow, metabolism rates, latitude differences and species differences.

Mar – Apr 2021

1. THE NEW ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT AND WILDLIFE. VanSchaik. Impacts of Green on Wildlife.

2. ANSWERS TO COMMON COLD WATER QUERIES: TROUT. Cornwell tells their basic needs and things to do.

3. NEW YEAR, NEW LAKE, NEW PLAN. Otto. A series on New Construction – start to finish.

4. I DRINK LIKE A FISH, BUT WHAT KIND. Dr. Neal goes into detail how fish handle dissolved substances.

5. EQUINOX IS THE GREAT EQUALIZER. Cornwell tells how day lengths affect fish.

6. WHEN THE HUNTING ENDS. M.Gray. Adventure of building a pond in middle Tenneseee.

7. TIPS TO ATTRACT PURPLE MARTINS. Birdman topics: location, housing, color, + hints.

8. ALL FEMALE BASS LAKES. Lusk. Ideas & experiences from 3 experts of how to do it.

9. PROACTIVE MANAGEMENT IS BETTER THAN REACTIVE. Beasley. Suggestions for early actions.

10. KEN WORLEY’S POND RENOVATION DILEMMA. Lusk. Better advice & ideas during a rebuild.

11. ENLARGING OUR POND: Part 2. Bruss, describes structural excavation for his now bigger pond.

12. BE PICKY ABOUT WHICH FISH TO RELEASE. Lusk. Be learned creating pond fishery balance.

13. EFFECTS OF FEEDING SPORTFISH ON POND WATER QUALITY. Dr.Boyd feed benefits of adding nitrogen and phosphorus.

14. DEAD FISH AFTER ICE OUT – BIG DEAL OR NOT. Rayl. Proactive ideas to prevent dead fish in spring.

15.AQUATIC PLANTS. Lusk. You gotta know these ideas.

16. PROS AND CONS OF POND DYE. Lusk. Discussion about activity of using pond dye.

17. SAMPLING YOUR FISHERY. Ewest explores pros and cons of electrofishing and fyke nets.


May –Jun 2021
1. THE MODERN BEAVER TRAPPER. VanSchaik. Some new ideas for catching them.

2. POND PLASTICS ARE A PROBLEM. Cornwell Plastic baits trapped in gut of fish.

3. OFF-FLAVOR IN POND FISH. Dr.Neal explains bad flavor in fish and what to do about it.

4. HOW TO MAKE A CANE POLE. Cornwell step by step instructions.

5. ONE JUNKY, SEEPY DAM. M.Gray tells that dam fixing experience.

6. TIPS TO ATTRACTING COLORFUL NEW ARRIVALS. Birdman attracting hummingbirds & tree swallows.

7. EVALUATING YOUR POND. Lusk uses several methods to sample fish & get a data set.

8. 10 ACRE CAROLINA TROPHY LARGEMOUTH BASS FISHERY. Beasley. A profile of 10 years to 10 lb bass.

9. DAVID LITTLE’S DILEMMA. Lusk. Good plans for improving a too shallow leaky “push up” lake.

10. BOOSTING NATURE’S FOOD CHAIN. Lusk. Ways to improve your food chain for better growth.

11. HAPPY WATER. Lusk. Items that make for healthy water.

12. HIDDEN MEANINGS. Lusk. We do all we can when we can.

13. TOTAL HARDNESS IN POND WATERS. Dr. Boyd. Sum of calcium and magnesium = total hardness. Alkalinity is carbonates.

14. BUILDING A BEACH. Rayl. Some hints for a swimming beach.

15. THE BIOLOGY OF POND WATER CHEMISTRY. Lusk. Water can be variable with variable results.

16. DYI, SMALL SCALE CATFISH AQUACULTURE. Lusk.

17. TILAPIA – STEALTH PREDATOR. Ewest.

Jul-Aug 2021
1. PROMISING NEW METHOD OF WILD HOG CONTROL VanSchaik explains new hog control technique.

2. WHERE ARE THE SMALL ONES? Cornwell discusses variability of crappie, biology, density, foods, growth.

3. FINALIZING THE PLAN. Otto - pond plan final stages, test holes, flagging, piping, spillways, bottom width.

4. OBJECTIVE: BASS CROWDED – SOMETIMES MORE IS BETTER. Dr Neal explains benefits lots of small bass.

5. CATCH AND RELEASE FISHING. Cornwell explains the basics of releasing angler fish.

6. ONE MOODY LITTLE SPRING. Gray how he fixed a problematic spring in a pond build.

7. TIPS TO ENJOY A HUMDINGER ENDING TO SUMMER. Birdman Mel hummingbird helpful hints.

8. BUILDING LAKE DEANNA. Lusk describes the back story of building this 60 ac Missouri Lake.

9. LEGENDARY FISH FOR A LEGENDARY RANCH. Beasley explains how in 2 yrs 3.7-5.2lb bass were raised and in 4 yrs one bass was 14.2 lbs in a new 33 ac TX lake.

10. AQUATIC PLANTS IN SUMMER. Lusk evaluating your types of pond plants during summer.

11. PURINA RESEARCH FARM LAKE. Lusk tells the story of the 6 acre pond renovation.

12. EARLY SUMMER WATER CRISIS. Lusk tells the story of a 6 yr old well fed no aerated pond having a melt down on Memorial Day.

13. HOT SUMMER WATER. Lusk tells us what happens and things to look for in mid-summer too warm pond water.

14. DISSOLVED OXYGEN IN WATER. Dr Boyd informs us all the important details about how oxygen behaves in pond water.

15. INTERMITTENT SOLAR BOTTOM – DIFFUSED AERATION. Lusk & Matt Rayl explain test results of intermittent solar aeration effects on a hyper-eutrophic, high biochemical oxygen demand shallow pond.

16. SUMMER FISH KILLS. Lusk explains the numerous factors that contribute to summer fish kills.

17. ADAPTATION VS. EVOLUTION IN FISH. West explains changes of body shape and characteristics of phenotypic plasticity with influences of environmental factors on fish brain size.

Sept-Oct 2021
1. ARE YOUR PREDATORS WILD OR DOMESTIC? VanSchaik tells how to what killed your animals – free ranging cats, dogs or native varmints.

2. TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING. Cornwell tells how they had too many koi and goldfish in a pond.

3. PREPARING THE SITE: CLEARING TREES TO TRENCHES. Otto explains some of the necessary preparations before moving dirt for pond building.

4.SUMMER OXYGEN DEPLETIONS. DEAD FISH A TURNOVER MAKE. Dr. Neal common causes of low oxygen events and some ideas for emergency aeration.

5. SEINING ANSWERS QUESTIONS. Cornwell provides basic information about using seines in ponds for sampling fish.

6. WE HAVE A POND. M.Gray reviews and tells about finishing the building of his personal pond.

7. SEPTEMBER A GREAT TIME TO START FEEDG SONGBIRDS. Birdman Mel describes the basic types of seeds and types of feeders for backyard birds.

8. A NOVICE’S STEEP LEARNING CURVE. Part1. Gill Lackey humorously shares his experiences with pond permitting and choosing a contractor to build his dream fishing pond.

9. BUILDING LAKE DEANNA CONSTRUCTION : ZONING IN. Part2. Lusk goes over the construction stages of building this 60 ac MO lake.

10. WORTH THE WEIGHT. Dr Bruce Richards defines what makes healthy water. Interviews Dr.White nutrient sequestering researcher. Pollution types, the most common forms, nutrient types, nutrient abatement research with floating islands using Beemats = removing nitrogen and phosphorus.

11. PRE-MEDITATED MURDER. Simmsgeigers explain how improper pond management prematurely kills the pond.

12. REDUCING PHOSPHORUS. Beasley explains gradual nutrient accumulation process provides total P concentrations for aging stages and gives two examples of mitigating methods for high P ponds.

13. SHOULD HARVEST FISH? What To Do With Bounty? Lusk explains why fish harvest is needed and uses catfish, bluegills and walleye as examples.

14. INTERESTING PHENOMENA: WHITING (OR WHITENING). Dr. Boyd explains what a whitish surface color means, when it happens. Also discusses calcium carbonate, Chara, Stoneworts, marl ponds, naturally soft well water and sodium carbonate.

15. WHICH NORTHERN FISHES PLAY A ROLE? CHOOSE FISH WISELY. Lusk describes uses of walleye, smallmouth bass, LMB-BG combos, northern pike, tiger musky.

16. LATE SUMMER EXPECTATIONS. Lusk explains several fish sampling management tasks needed for Fall. What to look for and when to add some new forage fish. When culling is needed. How to do a plant analysis.

17. UNBALACNED BOTTLENECK. Predator / Prey Relationships. West focuses on examining assessment of year class strength, and has two examples of predator prey reversal where prey control predator.

Nov-Dec 2021
1. AGING DEER. VanSchaik why it is important, discussed traditional jawbone toot ware and the newer cementum annili method.

2. MORE THAN MUDMINNOW. Cornwell tells us all about mudminows and their benefits in ponds.

3. THE CHORE OF BUILDING YOUR LAKE. Otto summarizes previous planning articles, then in this article gets into moving dirt. Site cleared, core established, build up begins to the top width. Compaction methods described. Second spillway is created. Lake bottom features created.

4. STARTING OVER: HOW TO BEGIN ANEW. Dr.Neal focuses this article on complete fish removal. Draining options and rotenone, what it is and why and how to use it.

5. READING BATHYMETRIC AND TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS. Cornwell explains how to interpret these maps.

6. INHERITING A MESS. M.Gray describes experiences of repairing old problem pond that construction was plagued with water moving in from numerous areas.

7. SPECIAL BIRD FEEDERS TO HELP YOUR FAMILY ENJOY SONGBIRDS. Birdman describes some new types of bird feeders to enhance numbers of visiting birds.

8. REAL WORLD RENOVATIONS. Lusk describes four pond renovation projects that had expensive unknowns involved. Old pond/lake renovation is rarely easy nor cheap.

9. BUILDING LAKE DEANNA. Part 3. Lusk describes the work progress of building this lake and focuses on the insightful types of habitat that were added.

10. HOFFMAN FARM AT 35,000 FEET. Lusk describes the well thought features for a 110 acres of east TX with a lake, hatchery ponds, cabin, aquaculture system, solar power toward a natural balance.

11. A SUCCESSFUL FISHERY: ITS IMPACT ON A CLOSE KNIT FAMILY. Beasley describes a 31 acre lake for growing bass bigger than 10 pounds and what the management keys that are needed.

12. FATHEAD MINNOW FACTS. Lusk tells how these fish live, spawning, what they eat, living areas, behavior and impact in ponds.

13. NITROGEN – A CRITICAL FERTILIZER NUTRIENT FOR PONDS. Dr.Boyd provides lots of valuable information about the use and fate of nitrogen in ponds.

14. WINTER TIME CHECK LIST. Lusk tells about fish cover, oxygen availability & loss, aeration, deep water benefit, forage fish amount, predator fish stocking.

15. WHAT HAPPENES TO CEDAR TREES UNDER WATER? Lusk tells how well these trees work as fish attractors and how size makes a difference. Explains in detail how time progressively affects the piles of trees. Gives better ways.

16. AERATION AND CARRYING CAPACITY. West describes carrying capacity types of aeration and how aeration increased amount of bass in a newly aerated pond.

Pond Boss Magazine INDEX 2021
Aeration fish lbs gain Nov-Dec 2021
Aeration solar intermittent affects Jul-Aug 2021
Bass growing big ones Jul-Aug 2021
Bass northern pond info Sep-Oct 2021
Beach building ideas May-Jun 2021
Beaver trapping May-Jun 2021
Bioenergenetics metabolism Jan-Feb 2021
Beemats nutrient removal Sep-Oct 2021
Biology of water chemistry May-Jun 2021
Birds attracting spring migrants May-Jun 2021
Birds Fall feeding hints Sep-Oct 2021
Birds hummingbird tips Jul-Aug 2021
Birds New Feeder types Nov-Dec 2021
Birds purple martins attract Mar-Apr 2021
Birds winter feeding ideas Jan-Feb 2021
Bluegill in northern pond Sep-Oct 2021
Carrying capacity aeration Nov-Dec 2021
Catfish aquaculture May-Jun 2021
CPUE catch per unit effort sampling Mar-Apr 2021
Crappie growth variability Jul-Aug 2021
Dam junky leaky problems May-Jun 2021
Deanna Lake back story Jul-Aug 2021
Deanna Lk building Nov-Dec 2021
Deanna Lk construction Sep-Oct 2021
Deer aging Nov-Dec 2021
Dissolved oxygen details Jul-Aug 2021
Dye pond pros cons Mar-Apr 2021
Electrofishing pro cons Mar-Apr 2021
Energy flow metabolism Jan-Feb 2021
Fathead minnow basics Nov-Dec 2021
Fertilizer fish food equivalents Mar-Apr 2021
Fertilizer nitrogen use Nov-Dec-2021
Fish adaptation changes Jul-Aug 2021
Fish all female LMB Mar-Apr 2021
Fish bass overcrowded benefit Jul-Aug 2021
Fish big bass growing 14lb 4 yrs Jul-Aug 2021
Fish bottleneck unbalance Sep-Oct 2021
Fish cane pole making May-Jun 2021
Fish catch & release methods Jul-Aug 2021
Fish catfish culture May-Jun 2021
Fish cold water trout info Mar-Apr 2021
Fish crappie growth Jul-Aug 2021
Fish daylight influence Mar-Apr 2021
Fish deaths post winter Mar-Apr 2021
Fish Fall evaluation Sep-Oct 2021
Fish Fathead minnow facts Nov-Dec 2021
Fish feeding affects water quality Mar-Apr 2021
Fish food as fertilizer additions Mar-Apr 2021
Fish genetic physical changes Jul-Aug 2021
Fish growing big bass Nov-Dec 2021
Fish growth variables Jan-Feb 2021
Fish harvest be picky Mar-Apr 2021
Fish harvest info & ideas Sep-Oct 2021
Fish hybrid striped bass Jan-Feb 2021
Fish ideas northern ponds Sep-Oct 2021
Fish kill factors Jul-Aug 2021
Fish koi, goldfish, carp Sep-Oct 2021
Fish LMB 10 acre trophies May-Jun 2021
Fish LMB skinny reasons Jan-Feb 2021
Fish mudminnow Nov-Dec 2021
Fish off-flavor causes May-Jun 2021
Fish pound gain aeration Nov-Dec 2021
Fish proactive mgmt Mar-Apr 2021
Fish public pond fish survey Jan-Feb 2021
Fish RES pellet training Jan-Feb 2021
Fish salt water regulation Mar-Apr 2021
Fish tiger musky Sept-Oct 2021
Fish tilapia as predator May-Jun 2021
Fish too skinny Jan-Feb 2021
Fish trophy bass NC how to Jul-Aug 2021
Fish unbalance info Sep-Oct 2021
Fish winter deaths causes Mar-Apr 2021
Fishery determine goals Jan-Feb 2021
Fishery sampling methods Mar-Apr 2021
Floating islands facts Sep-Oct 2021
Food chain boosting May-Jun 2021
Fyke nets pros cons Mar-Apr 2021
Goldfish problem Sep-Oct 2021
Habitat tree info & uses Nov-Dec 2021
Happy water May-Jun 2021
Harvest picky method Mar-Apr 2021
Hoffman Farm review Nov-Dec 2021
Hog control Jul-Aug 2021
Hybrid striped bass culling assist Jan-Feb 2021
Koi problem Sept-Oct 2021
Lake new plan design step Mar-Apr 2021
Largemouth 10 ac trophies May-Jun 2021
Largemouth crowded benefits Jul-Aug 2021
Little David dilemma May-Jun 2021
LMB all female Mar-Apr 2021
LMB skinny reasons Jan-Feb 2021
Management fish proactive Mar-Apr 2021
Maps Topographic Nov-Dec 2021
Metabolism bioenergenetics enerey flow Jan-Feb 2021
Mudminnow basics Nov-Dec 2021
Musky tiger use Sep-Oct 2021
Nitrogen fertilizer info & use Nov-Dec 2021
Northern pike use Sep-Oct 2021
Nutrient removal options Sept-Oct 2021
Phosphorus reduction ideas Sep-Oct 2021
Plants proactive ideas Mar-Apr 2021
Pond 3 shallow water sins Sep-Oct 2021
Pond a messy wet repair Nov-Dec 2021
Pond Bruss enlargement CA Mar-Apr 2021
Pond Bruss rebuild story CA Jan-Feb 2021
Pond dam core building Nov-Dec 2021
Pond dye pros cons Mar-Apr 2021
Pond evaluation ideas May-Jun 2021
Pond finalizing plans Jul-Aug 2021
Pond first steps to build Mar-Apr 2021
Pond Gray Lake finishing Sep-Oct 2021
Pond ice and health Jan-Feb 2021
Pond intentions gone wrong Jan-Feb 2021
Pond Ken Worley’s renovation Mar-Apr 2021
Pond layers to watch for Jan-Feb 2021
Pond living dirt spillways Jan-Feb 2021
Pond money-whip it May-Jun 2021
Pond oxygen problems Sep-Oct 2021
Pond permitting & contractors Sep-Oct 2021
Pond planning perfect ideas May-Jun 2021
Pond plastic lures problematic May-Jun 2021
Pond prep site info Sep-Oct 2021
Pond renovate rotenone Nov-Dec 2021
Pond renovation problems Jul-Aug 2021
Pond sanctuary NY Jan-Feb 2021
Pond slowing the aging Sep-Oct 2021
Pond spring problem repair Jul-Aug 2021
Pond TN renovated pond Jan-Feb 2021
Pond winter checklist list Nov-Dec 2021
Pumpkinseed use Sep-Oct 2021
Purina research pond rebuild Jul-Aug 2021
Ransom Canyon Lake TX help Jan-Feb 2021
Redear sunfish feed training Jan-Feb 2021
Rotenone renovation facts Nov-Dec 2021
Seine info & use Sep-Oct 2021
Smallmouth bass stocking Sep-Oct 2021
Solar aeration Jul-Aug 2021
Spillways earthen repair Jan-Feb 2021
Structure trees life spans Nov-Dec 2021
Tiger musky use Sep-Oct 2021
Tilapia predatory May-Jun 2021
Topographic bathymetric maps Nov-Dec 2021
Total hardness facts May-Jun 2021
Trees as habitat life spans Nov-Dec 2021
Trout info ideas Mar-Apr 2021
Turbidity fish causes Sep-Oct 2021
Walleye as bonus Sep-Oct 2021
Water chemistry biology May-Jun 2021
Water happy how to May-Jun 2021
Water hot influences Jul-Aug 2021
Water nitrogen fate in ponds Nov-Dec 2021
Water quality from fish foods Mar-Apr 2021
Water total hardness May-Jun 2021
Water whitening causes Sep-Oct 2021
Weeds summer pond types 021 Jul-Aug 2021
Whiting of water info Sep-Oct 2021
Wildlife – New Environmental movement Mar-Apr 2021
Wildlife deer aging Nov-Dec 2021
Wildlife green impact Mar-Apr 2021
Wildlife hog control Jul-Aug 2021
Wildlife hog control new Jul-Aug 2021
Wildlife predator control history Jan-Feb 2021
Wildlife predator types Sep-Oct 2021
Winter kill basics Jan-Feb 2021
Yellow perch with LMB Sep-Oct 2021

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