I just took a Secchi reading and I was between 12-14" of visibility. This is pretty similar to when my pond first filled up (pond is almost a year old now) and also matches the same water clarity as an older pond on the property. My question is, do I need to clear this body of water up to make it more productive? The pond does have a nice green tint to it at the moment, so I'm assuming I'm getting decent plankton. My pond is also very low currently, as we are in a pretty bad drought. The banks are fairly barren as all attempts to grow vegetation for erosion control have failed due to a lack of rain. I have some annual rye grass currently that is barely hanging on in some areas but that's about it. I'm assuming that my water clarity will get slightly better (maybe 1-2") once I get vegetation growing on the banks. The goal of this pond is going to be a high catch rate bass/BG pond, and my only source of water is the sky. We were able to catch bluegills just fine on small lures last fall, so it seems the visibility is good enough to catch fish. I personally have no issues with the water clarity from a cosmetic standpoint. We had a small lake on our last property that started out muddy, but then as aquatic vegetation started to emerge it rapidly became very clear which then allowed the aquatic vegetation to pretty much take over the entire pond. So not looking for a repeat of that.

Thanks in advance