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Dwight, I had LMB on beds 2 days ago, cold temps and a stiff N wind has them back in deeper water and off the beds. Yes they are in turmoil for a while. Should I go or should I stay? We had 25 for a low last night.
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Don't worry! I would never edit it. When you do a full screen reply, you can put in your own subject, apparently just for that post.
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Don't worry! I would never edit it. When you do a full screen reply, you can put in your own subject, apparently just for that post. I don't worry, I retaliate! 
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The water temps are headed the wrong direction. There are a lot of beds in the shallows, but no one on them. Updated Weekly
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The pond remains in a holding pattern in every department. The coming week includes much warmer weather so things may start moving in the right direction again. Updated Weekly
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No storm, just warm weather. 70-80.
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Air temperature at meter time was 46 degrees. Surface water temp 54 degrees. Updated Weekly
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It looks the influx of ground water from the heavy rains of the past weekend and the warming water temperatures have affected the D.O. Not alarming, but significant. Updated Weekly
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It's hard to keep a pond at over 10 DO top to bottom for long periods during warm weather unless there is an outside influence. To much biological activity going on.
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Current D.O. and temperature readings are within a tenth or two of the 3 year mean. Clarity is 3 inches below the 3 year mean. Updated Weekly
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The water has finally started to clear up. Updated Weekly
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The pond has warmed significantly with clarity improving and D.O. increasing. The coincidence of these three variables in this manner is a fairly rare occurrence. Updated Weekly
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Must be some DO production by algae and plants, eh? We'll look for DO to decline as water temps continue to warm. You're right -- interesting little time period. Understandable but short term?
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Yes, plants are growing aggressively. It could be another one of those years when the week rake gets to do some work clearing barge paths.
The high DO numbers may be short term but the plant life will be around until fall.
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The hyper-DO blip has ended though DO level is still excellent. Clarity nosed down with tiny critter activities. Updated Weekly
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That's about a 25% drop in visibility. Lots of critters growing.
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Minimal changes this week. Updated Weekly
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Our weather has been hot (90s) and very dry. Pond water temperatures have risen significantly since last week. DO in the deepest area of the pond has nose dived. Updated Weekly
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That sure shows what mother nature can do. A 3.5 ppm drop in bottom dissolved oxygen in just one week. It's not a problem, of course, as you are still at 6 and it is just the bottom. Sure is interesting to see the big drop even in a pond with such good water quality. I guess this is why you keep at this long-term effort!
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Yes, I am not worried about that bottom number because a couple feet up DO is 8 plus. The deep area only covers about 2-3% of the pond so if a fish lives there it only has to move a few feet over or up for higher DO.
The next week looks all low to mid 90s for highs. Water temperatures may get to a new high this summer if the heat keeps on coming. That record is 83 degrees in the mid-depths.
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It was nice being on the pond this morning in mid-70s air temps! LMB are biting like crazy!! Updated Weekly
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