POND BOSS 2022 Magazine Articles Contents and Index
Sections of Ask the Boss and Pond to Plate omitted due to time limitations.
POND BOSS 2022 Articles
Ask the Boss and Pond to Plate omitted due to time limitations.

Jan – Feb 2022
1. CROSS UTILIZATION OF WINTER FEEDING SITES. VanSchaik tells many animal benefits of year round feeding.

2. DO FISH GROW IN WINTER? Cornwell discusses how temp affects growth of various fish species.

3. GETTING RID OF EXCESS WATER. Otto – overflow and spillway types & why they are extremely important for long lasting ponds/lakes. Drop inlets and drain pipes.

4. NATURAL HYBRIDIZATION OF SUNFISH. Dr. Neal explains some of the basics of cross breeding among the sunfishes.

5. SEASONS IN A POND. Cornwell talks about how water density changes with temperature.

6. DEALING WITH THE DEVIL OF THE UNKNOWN. Mike Gray deals with rock, water, and mud problems when building ponds.

7. TUFTED TITMOUSE. A STATELY WINTER BIRD. BirdMan Mel gives good information of this common winter visitor.

8. PLANNING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR RECREATIONAL PROPERTY Part1. Lusk provides advice for improving ones goals and to see more options.

9. BUILDING LAKE DEANNA. FINISHING STRONG. Lusk explains good planning for shoreline, best depths, a boathouse details, and fine tuning habitat.

10. BEGINNERS GUIDE TO REMOVATING A POND. Gill Lackey explains the plans needed for converting a ½ ac pond into 5 acres.

11 . WHY LARGEMOUTH BASS GROW BIGGER IN THE SOUTH. Beasley shares the basic pond characteristics needed to grow trophy bass.

12. CHANNEL CATFISH TALES. Lusk gives the basics for raising some pond catfish.

13. KNOWING PHOSPHORUS. Dr. Boyd provides very good IMPORTANT information about phosphorus behavior in ponds.

14. SETTING THE STAGE FOR A NORTHERN FISHING POND. Lusk gives the best practices for starting a new northern pond.

15. PHOSPHORUS: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY. Lusk put the nutrient phosphorus in perspective explaining the positives and negatives of phosphorus.

16. ENERGETICS – Better Understanding Pond Life. West explains the flow and transformation of energy as it flows through the food chain and relates to all pond life forms.

Mar – Apr 2022
1. EVALUATING WILDLIFE WITH DRONES. VanSchaik tells how drones can help monitoring & managing wildlife.

2. CREATING DIVERSE HABITATS. Cornwell talks about benefits of feathered edges, habitat diversity benefits, ideas for creating.

3. DON’T FORGET THE LITTLE THINGS – FINISH STRONG. Otto gives several ideas for protecting the dam face from wind and erosion.

4. A CRAZY IDEA THAT I JUST CANNOT DISMISS. Dr. Neal describes an idea of an artificial stream built for a deep quarry

5. WATER TRANSPARENCY AND FISH. Cornwell describes use and benefits of Secchi disk.

6. TENNESSEE AND SINKHOLES. Mike Gray describes sinkholes and how he deals with them in pond building.

7. TIPS TO ATTRACT HUMMINGBIRDS. Birdman Mel gives good ideas for more hummingbirds.

8. PLANNING FOR INFRUCTURE FOR RECREATIONAL PROPERTY Part 2. Lusk gives more ideas for creating projects around the pond.

9. BUILDING LAKE DEANNA. FISH STOCKING AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGY. Lusk tells about what fish and how many were stocked for this 50 ac lake.

10. HOW ARTIFICIAL HABITAT INFLUENCES OUR LAKES. Lusk describes the benefits of using artificial habitat and creation of “fish cities” for pond fisheries.

11. A SMALL POND STORY. Steve Zigler story. New land, some references of builders and a new dug pond of ¼ ac with riprap shoreline, 3:1 slope to 9 ft deep. Added minnows, BG, redears, LMB and tilapia for algae control.

12. LARGEMOUTH BASS. CATCH RATES ON PRIVATE TROPHY FISHERIES. Beasley shares ideas for good data collection, improving angling strategy, concentrating bass numbers, and improving bass aggression.

13. SPRING CALENDAR FOR YOUR POND. Knowing When Is Important. Lusk water is the medium and temperature is the very important driver of ALL life cycles and timing is a big factor for mgmt activites.

14. YELLOW PERCH. ARE THEY A MANAGEMENT GOAL? Lusk explains their spawn, timing and behavior and the need for correct predation to minimize overpopulation problems.

15. WHAT’S THE FUSS ABOUT CRAPPIE? Lusk discusses the dynamics of using crappie in pond mgmt. Pros -cons

16. PLANKTON PRIMER West explains the importance of plankton for growing a fishery using some pictures and a theory that plankton sizes decrease with increasing temperature.


May –Jun 2022
1. ECONOMIC TIMES CALL FOR A CLOSER LOOK AT SUMMER FOOD PLOTS. VanSchaik’s good ideas and best plants for your region to supplement habitat for nutrition, proven producers summer and winter, water availability, locations, conservation tillage.

2. VERTICAL VS HORIZONTAL ZONATION. Cornwell explains the changes of pond water from shallow to deep, light penetration, temperature layers, near shore and off shore areas.

3. WRAPPING IT UP - FINISHING STRONG. Otto finishes his pond building informational series. Tells about topo maps, expect changes after starting, dam site plan, digging basics.

4. A WEED IS JUST A PLANT OUT OF PLACE. Dr.Neal – how plants change to ‘weeds’, their uses and benefits explained for 12 different genera of pond plants.

5. HOW DO YOU PROVE WHAT FISH EAT? Cornwell tells how fish squeezers look into fish stomachs.

6. LARRY’S LEAKY POND. Gray’s fixing a rock based pond leaker by hammering out rock and adding a clay liner.

7. A COLORFUL MIGRATION OF SONGBIRDS IS UNDERWAY. Birdman tells how to encourage with treats birds to stay around.

8. THE DUMB TAX. Lusk defines it by using 6 examples and gives ways to avoid getting the dumb tax.

9. BUILDING LAKE DEANNA Part 6. Fast forward 5 years. Lusk gives examples of what to correctly do when building a pond or lake.

10. FISH AFFLICTIONS. Lusk has things to look for that are stressors to make your fish sick.

11. HISTORY OF FEED TRAINED SPORTFISH. Lusk summarizes the progress of the pellet trained sportfish business from 1980’s to today.

12. SUPPLIMENTAL STOCKINGS OF SMALL BASS. Lusk discusses the benefits of adding small bass to improve larger quality bass, compares F1’s (tiger bass) vs Floridas.

13. NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF SPORTFISH. Dr.Boyd compares the fats, proteins, and vitamins of sunfish, bass, and chicken breast. Enlightening article.

14. STRATIGIES FOR MANAGING YOUR NORTHERN WATERS. Lusk discusses basic pond needs and pond stressor with Pond Doctor Bill Cody.

15. FEED TRAINED FISH IN YOUR POND. Lusk goes over the pros and cons of pellet feeding fish.

16. THE CRAYFISH RELATIONSHIP. West discusses use of crayfish in sport fish ponds reviewing some results of some research studies having different summaries.


Jul-Aug 2022
1. WARM SEASONS, WETLANDS AND WILDLIFE DISEASES. VanSchaik discusses animal diseases caused by arboviruses, insect vectors, avain influenza and AIV bird flu.

2. TEMPERATURE CONTROLS …. WELL … EVERYTHING. Cornwell discussed temperature affects on fish, water density, dissolved oxygen and temperature layering of water.

3. PROPERTY VALUES, MORE THAN JUST A JOURNEY. Otto gives examples how features of property can have big influence on its value.

4. IS IT TOO HOT FOR BASS? Dr. Neal explains how & why water temperature has a big influence of how bass live, grow and die. Good reading.

5. CLEARING THE FOG ABOUT WATER TEMPERATURE. Cornwell discusses affects of temperature changes in the pond.

6. THE DIRT BEHIND-THE-SCENES. M.Gray tells us about machine problems and how simple hose fix turns into a 3 day job.

7. GREAT BLUE HERONS. Birdman tells the detailed background information about these frequent pond visitors.

8. ANALYSING A CRAPPIE LAKE. Lusk visits a 480 ac in AK to evaluate and improve the crappie population using an electro-fishing survey – provides his 8 recommendations.

9. PUSHING THE SOUTHERN LIMIT FOR TIGER MUSKY. Beasley discusses how musky are performing in an 8 ac low land VA pond 19 ft deep with history of their introductions and growth rates.

10. JACK AND JIM REMEMBERED. Lusk relates lessons learned from two long time Pond Boss subscribers and clients who loved their pond.

11. DEALING WITH TOO MANY PLANTS. Lusk provides some basic ways to manage the pond plants: be careful, be accurate, be knowledgeable, don’t be over confident. Ask questions. Know the volume.

12. USE OF WELL WATER IN SPORTFISH PONDS Dr.Boyd in very good understandable details explains different types and chemistries of well water and its ability for use growing fish.

13. CRAPPIES. Lusk talks about the types, how to judge their populations, determine body condition by relative weight, provides standard weight tables, what determines their body condition, growing bigger ones.

14.THINKING OF USING A WELL FOR YOUR POND? Lusk Numerous things to consider before drilling and using well water to add to your pond.

15. BLUEGILL GROWTH, FEEDING AND METABOLISM. West describes basic types,

Sep-Oct 2022
1. IS HUNTING APPROPRIATE ON WILDLIFE PROOERTIES. VanSchaik discusses how properly hunting and thinning game species can benefit the local wildlife.

2. PATIENCE ….. POND BIOLOGY TAKES TIME. Cornwell tells how he stocks northern new ponds and why BG-LMB are not preferred in the north.

3. HOT AND DRY – RENOVATE. Otto tells how to take good advantage of dry drought conditions using good ideas for pond improvement. Best ways to get silt out of a pond.

4. MAXIMIZING SURVIVAL OF ANLGLED FISH FOLLOWING RELEASE. Dr. Neal gives us his 3 golden rules of pond mgmt. Ways fish die post angling. Main ways of improving survival and reducing mortality.

5. THE LIFESPAN OF A POND. Cornwell explains how ponds internally get older.

6. CARVING THE LAYERS. M.Gray describes the joy of moving dirt to build ponds the right way.

7. HUNTERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. Birdman tells us all about redtailed hawks, Accipiters, Coopers and Sharp-Shinned Hawks.

8. FISH STRESSORS. Lusk tells about the stressors, puts them into categories, and minimizing stressors and how they apply to your fish so your fish have a better chance of growing higher quality, larger fish.

9. UNINTENDED CONSEQUENSES OF STOCKING GRASS CARP. Beasley discusses the long term cause and effect variables of using grass carp and includes 4 unintended results. Species commonly resistant to GC.

10. GROWNG GIANT BLUEGLLS. SECRETS. Lusk interviews Bruce Condello the Master of growing huge bluegills about the secrets he uses to produce 2 and 3 pound BG.

11. GROWTH SPURTS. Lusk explains when fish grow their best and when to make sure there is plenty of food to feed them for periods of fast growth.

12. POND WATER pH. Dr. Boyd gives the acceptable values of pH for fish and how to change it if needed. Tells us basic simple wording about pH and what makes it change.

13. PREPPING YOUR POND FOR WINTER. Lusk gives you a few ideas to make your pond better to go through winter.

14. WALLEYE IN SMALL WATERS. Lusk tells what it takes for these fish to thrive in small waters even as far south as lower Oklahoma. What habitat is best, prices, attrition, numbers, expected pond sizes, probable pounds per acre.

15. LARGEMOUTH BASS GENETIC MIXING. West discusses concepts of stocking genetically ‘better’ fish to improve your fishery as he reviews 3 research articles about mixing northern and Florida bass and how it relates to catchability.

Nov-Dec 2022
1. DOES YOUR LANDSCAPE PROVIDE HEAT AND DROUGHT PROTECTION FOR WILDLIFE/ VanSchaik has lots of good ideas for quality of habitat for improving wildlife.

2. POND BUILDING ADVICE. Cornwell gives you lots of good advice and practical ideas when building a pond.

3. SHORING UP THE SHORELINE. Otto gives quickest, best ways to make the new pond last longer.

4. LARGEMOUTH BASS ARE JUST COLD-BLOODED DEER. Dr. Neal provides the very best ideas for growing bigger fish in your pond.

5. FISHERIES WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS. Cornwell describes various types of jobs in these professions. Things to ask yourself before choosing this type of job.

6. COMMUNICATING AND SITING. M.Gray talks about discussing building a pond with customers before moving dirt. Improperly built ponds are ugly.

7. PILEATED WOOKPECKER – THE TV STAR. Birdman explains all about this one and why this bird is so appealing to bird watchers.

8. STREAMS SHAGGING SILT. Lusk describes the impacts that a stream has to your pond. Ways to minimize dirt inflowing to your pond and reduce costs later in an aging pond.

9. A THRIVING FOAGE BASE. Beasley discusses improving forage to build better trophy fish. Topics: harvest, open niche diversity, layering, water quality, plankton mgmt, sampling techniques, plus abundance and balance.

10. RAY SCOTT MEMORIAL AND HIS INFLUENCE ON OUR INDUSTRY. Lusk tells some good stories about Ray Scott bass fishing leader of all anglers.

11. CYANOBACTERIA DURING A DROUGHT. B. Chesser & Dr. Sink tell you a lot about this problem causing organism in ponds and lakes. Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) . What to look for and how to deal with it if you see visual and color signs of it occurring.

12. WINTER TIME IS NATURE’S REST TIME. Lusk explains what happens to the life forms in ponds during coldest period of the year.

13. POND WATER COMPOSITION. Dr. Boyd tells us all about rainwater and surprisingly what is in it. Describes what happens to rain as it enters the pond. Very good reading.

14. POND DYE. Lusk provides some of the myths and benefits of pond dye.

15. HERE COMES WINTER. West provides some management information when water is cold. Discusses winter mortality and predation by yellow perch and largemouth activity and predation on BG.

INDEX 2022
Accipiter hawk Sep-Oct 2022
Algae Cyanobacteria facts Nov-Dec 2022
Bass as cold blooded deer Nov-Dec 2022
Bass influenced by temperature Jul-Aug 2022
Bass northern needs Jan-Feb 2022
Bass trophy growth Jan-Feb 2022
Bird tufted titmouse Jan-Feb 2022
Birds hawks Sep-Oct 2022
Birds hummingbirds Mar-Apr 2022
Birds pileated woodpecker Nov-Dec 2022
Blue heron details Jul-Aug 2022
Bluegill as forage winter Nov-Dec 2022
Bluegill best temperature Jul-Aug 2022
Bluegill grow feeding info Jul-Aug 2022
Bluegill growing big Sep-Oct 2022
Bluegreen algae toxins Nov-Dec 2022.
Book Small Impoundment Mgmt Nov-Dec 2022
Catch release improve Sep-Oct 2022
Channel catfish Jan-Feb 2022
Cooper’s hawk Sep-Oct 2022
Crappie concepts pro cons Mar-Apr 2022
Crappie population analysis Jul-Aug 2022
Crappies grow basic info Jul-Aug 2022
Cyanobacteria facts Nov-Dec 2022
Cyanotoxins Nov-Dec 2022
Daugherty Jack remembered Jul-Aug 2022
Drones for wildlife Mar-Apr 2022
Drought pond rebuild Sep-Oct 2022
Dumb Tax May-Jun 2022
Dye pond myths Nov-Dec 2022
Endotoxins Nov-Dec 2022
Energetics Jan-Feb 2022
Erosion control Nov-Dec 2022
Euglena HAB features Nov-Dec 2022
Feathered edges Mar-Apr 2022
Fish as cold blooded deer Nov-Dec 2022
Fish bass catch rates Mar-Apr 2022
Fish better catch release Sep-Oct 2022
Fish bluegill grow feed Jul-Aug 2022
Fish bluegill grow Sep-Oct 2022
Fish channel catfish Jan-Feb 2022
Fish cities as habitat Mar-Apr 2022
Fish crappie dynamics pros and cons Mar-Apr 2022
Fish Crappie Lk analysis Jul-Aug 2022
Fish F1 Largemouth Jan-Feb 2022
Fish forage boosts Nov-Dec 2022
Fish forage hints Nov-Dec 2022
Fish grass carp Sep-Oct 2022
Fish growth spruts Sep-Oct 2022
Fish hybridization sunfish Jan-Feb 2022
Fish LMB genetic mix Sep-Oct 2022
Fish stressors Sep-Oct 2022
Fish temperature influences Jul-Aug 2022
Fish tiger musky Jul-Aug 2022
Fish walleye use info Sep-Oct 2022
Fish winter growth Jan-Feb 2022
Fish winter mortality Nov-Dec 2022
Forage boosting Nov-Dec 2022
Forage improvements Nov-Dec 2022
Geisler Jim remembered Jul-Aug 2022
Genetic mixing LMB studies Sep-Oct 2022
Golden algae toxin Nov-Dec 2022
Grass carp problems Sep-Oct 2022
Habitat and bass catches Mar-Apr 2022
Habitat diversity ideas Mar-Apr 2022
Habitats artificial design Mar-Apr 2022
Harmful algae blooms Nov-Dec 2022
Hepatotoxins Nov-Dec 2022
Heron blue details Jul-Aug 2022
Hummingbirds Mar-Apr 2022
Hybridization sunfish Jan-Feb 2022
Lake Deanna Jan-Feb, Mar-Apr 2022
Largemouth gene mixing catchability Sep-Oct 2022
Largemouth genetics mixed Sep-Oct 2022
LMB catch rates improvements Mar-Apr 2022
LMB F1 Jan-Feb 2022
LMB growth in north Jan-Feb 2022
Musky tiger grow VA Jul-Aug 2022
Neurotoxins Nov-Dec 2022
pH explained Sep-Oct 2022
Phosphorus good details Jan-Feb 2022
Phosphorus pros & cons Jan-Feb 2022
Plankton importance Mar-Apr 2022
Plant management Jul-Aug 2022
Plant principles in ponds Mar-Apr 2022
Pond aging process Sep-Oct 2022
Pond build advice Nov-Dec 2022
Pond build pleasures Sep-Oct 2022
Pond build unknowns Jan-Feb 2022
Pond dam face protect Mar-Apr 2022
Pond drought rebuild Sep-Oct 2022
Pond dye myths Nov-Dec 2022
Pond foods development Sep-Oct 2022
Pond good build guidance Nov-Dec 2022
Pond infrastructure ideas Jan-Feb, Mar-Apr 2022
Pond new stocking Sep-Oct 2022
Pond northern needs Jan-Feb 2022
Pond plant principles Mar-Apr 2022
Pond renovation details Jan-Feb 2022
Pond sinkholes Mar-Apr 2022
Pond story of ¼ ac in Ohio Mar-Apr 2022
Pond temperature cycles Mar-Apr 2022
Pond well water? Jul-Aug 2022
Pond winter activity Nov-Dec 2022
Pond winter prep Sep-Oct 2022
Pond with a stream idea Mar-Apr 2022
Pond winter sleep Nov-Dec 2022
Property values influences Jul-Aug 2022
Quarry stream Mar-Apr 2022
Rain water composition Nov-Dec 2022
Ray Scott Memorial Nov-Dec 2022
Red-tailed hawk Sep-Oct 2022
Retention time water Nov-Dec 2022
Secchi disk Mar-Apr 2022
Sharp-shinned hawk Sep-Oct 2022
Shoreline stabilizing Nov-Dec 2022
Silt minimization Nov-Dec 2022
Sinkholes pond problem Mar-Apr 2022
Small water mgmt NAmer Nov-Dec 2022
Specific heat Jul-Aug 2022
Stressors fish Sep-Oct 2022
Structure amount needed Mar-Apr 2022
Temperature influence LMB Jul-Aug 2022
Temperature influences on fish Jul-Aug 2022
Temperatures affects on pond Jul-Aug 2022
Tiger musky Jul-Aug 2022
UAV unmanned aerial vehicle Mar-Apr 2022
Vegetation management Jul-Aug 2022
Walleye pond uses Sep-Oct 2022
Water clarity secchi disk Mar-Apr 2022
Water density changes Jan-Feb 2022
Water dye myths Nov-Dec 2022
Water erosion control Nov-Dec 2022
Water excess removal ways Jan-Feb 2022
Water from well details Jul-Aug 2022
Watermeal concerns toxin? Nov-Dec 2022
Water pH Sep-Oct 2022
Water rain composition Nov-Dec 2022
Water temperature pond affect Jul-Aug 2022
Well water in pond? Jul-Aug 2022
Well water types explained Jul-Aug 2022
Wildlife cross use feeding Jan-Feb 2022
Wildlife diseases Jul-Aug 2022
Wildlife drone use Mar-Apr 2022
Wildlife during heat – drought Nov-Dec 2022
Wildlife hunting impacts Sep-Oct 2022
Wildlife protection habitat Nov-Dec 2022
Yellow grubs Q-A Jan-Feb 2022
Yellow perch spawn habits Mar-Apr 2022
Yellow perch winter feeding Nov-Dec 2022

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