Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - drought pond conditions

central iowa, 1.5 acre pond, 12' at the deepest, avg 7.5 when full

i am in a drought, pond is down 2'

i aerate via windmill year round, deep in summer shallow in winter, always have an open hole all winter

my question and fear is that the drought will break and put two foot of unoxygenated rain runoff in my pond right before winter without enough sun to really hold a good algae bloom, the water is clarifying quickly here, pre winter as the water is cooling off

is there any precautions i can take a head of time, or be ready to take in case of a influx of rain water?

I know the fhm used it. I regularly saw schools of fry around them. Though I believe a lot of times it was cnbg fry. Algae did grow on them some and you could see tiny fish feeding off that. Also I regularly could catch at least small lmb around them. I know a few times lmb spawned next to them. Also my pond is so low I can see a complete empty colony of cnbg beds out in front of them. So in my opinion it was one of the best things I did for my pond! Now I just need rain!!

thank you fishinrod and canyon creek for your thoughts, they make perfect sense to me, and after pondering your thoughts i am much less concerned, no rain in the forseeable future, i am amazed they are enduring as well as they are

For those of you that might be interested. Now that my 2 acre pond is near 6 foot low. My stacks of wooden pallets that I have 5 high are completely high and dry. I must say I am VERY impressed that they still look almost like when I put them in OVER 7 YEARS AGO!!!! So, those of you wondering how long wooden pallets last?? There you have it!!