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POND BOSS MAGAZINE CONTENTS 1996

JANUARY - FEBRUARY 1996 Key: Winter feeding, Reduce winter fish kill, Improving forage, Attract wildlife, LMB catchability

Eds Desk. Editor hits on cormorants.

1. Cover Story. Cutting Back. Tips from the Pros On Winter Feeding. Lusk, Arms, and Edwards offer feeding tips during cold weather.

2. Snow Cap Puts Fish On Ice. Ouwinga (MI) & Michell (CO) offer tips to prevent winter kill.

3. Mixing The Forage Base. Job one is to rebuild the bottom of the food chain then reduce competition for food. How fishery in a 27 ac pond in Kerrville was improved.

4. ASK PBOSS. How to catch gizzard shad on rod & reel and the bait used.
Weed Patrol. Get An Early Start on Summer Vegetation. How to stay ahead of summer weeds.

5. Lure Wildlife to Your Pond.

6. POND TO PLATE. Panfried fish with peppers onions and celery (or canned salsa).

7. FIELD NOTES. Subscriber Honored for Management. Mark Waston wins National award for fish & game mgmt.

7. Fishing Expert Sees Bright Fisheries Future. J.Lock extension specialist keen on stocking private and public waters. His study showed that 70% of total bass in a 2 ac pond could be caught with lures in less than 2 wks.

8. Obituary for Clarence Zwahr - Danbury Fish Farms.

9. Customers Write.


MAR-APR 96 Key: Ray Scott’s Ponds, Contour maps, Callaway Gardens, Milfoil & weed benefits

Eds Desk. McDonald describes growth of PBoss.

1. Cover Story. Great Scott. B.A.S.S. Founder Built Pond in Mid-60's. Ray Scott pond building described.

2. The Plot Thickens. Mapping Your Lake is a Management Tool. How to ceate a contour map of your lake-pond. Plus calc. water volume of lake.

3. Spring Thaw. Big Chill '96' leaves varied problems.

4. Mercury Alert. Public health warning extends to private ponds. Mercury problems in some TX ponds & lakes.

5. Georgia Ponds Lure Flyrodders. Callaway Gardens offers fly fishing adventure.

6. WEED PATROL. A. Illinois reasearch bugs milfoil. B. Benefits of weedbeds to fish noted.

7. POND TO PLATE. Peppered Catfish (on the grill).

8. Customers Write.

9. Beavers expand range, incease numbers in TX.

10. ASK PBOSS. Check alkalinity before fertilizing and otter explained.


MAY-JUN 96 Key: Boating affects fishing, Skinny LMB, Combating weeds, Why larger fingerlings, Talapia and Threadfin.

Eds Dssk. TX P&W tackle weeds in McQueeney & Dunlap lakes.

1. Cover Story. Catch As Catch Can. Wade Middleton comments how fishing and boating presure hampers bass fishing.

2. Skinny Bsss? How to fix a skinny bass problem.

3.WEED PATROL. Early Weed Growth Baffles Fisheries Pros. Some pondweeds can get a head start in spring and how to combat them.

4. Bigger Stocker Fingerlings Are Better. Edwards & Jones (NC) list the benefits of stocking larger fingerlings.

5. Threadfin, Tilapia Give Spring Boost. These fish can suppliment bluegill as forage.

6,FIELD NOTES. A. Private pond managers growing in numbers. B. Bluegill alert. C. Hedlund back after surgery. D. Mercury update. E. Fishery improves in Everglades.

7. POND TO PLATE. Caveman B-B-Q Catfish.


JUL-AUG 96 Key: Deepening shorelines, Mechanical weed removal, Bullhead, Fish freezing.

Eds Desk. PBoss turns 5 yr old & Purina fish food test results.

1. Cover Story. Dig It Baby. Adding depth to shoreline controls weeds. M.Otto's hints & how to's for deepening shoreline areas.

2. Feds Relax On Cormorant Permits. Laws allow removal of cormorants.

3. ASK PBOSS. Tilapia pros and cons.

4. FIELD NOTES. A. Fast bass growth possible. B. Scotts fertilizing pamphlet available. C. FL fisheries declining. D. a 3 & 4 lb crappie for VA pond. E. Bottom muck harbors anaerobic bacterium. F. Catch&release not always best.

5. POND TO PLATE. Hints for best way to freeze fish.

6. WEED PATROL. Mechanical methods get tough on weeds. Devices described.

7. KNOW POND LIFE. Bullhead catfish. distribution, feeding habits, life history. pond role, field tip.


SEP-OCT 96 Key: Fish tagging, LMB culling, Handling big fish, Warmouth.

Eds Desk. Discussion of S.Woolbert's thefishernet.com site

1.Cover Story. Tagged At Home. New harmless fish tagging product helps track your fish - "Fin Pal"

2. Culling For Quality. When to use catch-&-release and when to remove.

3. Short Insert. How to handle big fish for release

4.FIELD NOTES. A. CO study tracks bass during drawndown. B. Summer fish kills in OK & TX. C. Southern states with filamentous algae problems

5. CUSTOMERS WRITE. VA pondowner looking for coppernose bgill

6. POND TO PLATE. Fish marinated in salad dressing and grilled.

7. KNOW POND LIFE. Warmouth A Common Colorful Nuisance. distribution, feeding habits, life history, pond role, field tip.


NOV -DEC 96 Key: Cattails, RioGrande perch, Duckweed, Grass carp, Redear sunfish,

Eds Desk. Lake Junkpile goes through drought of 1995.

1. cover story. Tall Tails. Cattails Pose a Potential Threat. All about cattails and how to manage them.

2. Suprise Fish. Rio Grande perch described.

3. FIELD NOTES. A. S.Jones Louisburg NC decides fish eating birds not a major threat. B. VA study finds catfish grow faster in small ponds than in big waters. C. NC pondowner grows trout in cages.

4. Duckweed Dilema Discouraging. Advice for duckweed problem.

3. Grass Carp Puzzles Experts. TX research results with grass carp highlighted and McCune's advice.

4. "Perfect" Crappie? Crappie World magazine talks about triploid-hybrid crappie.

5. POND TO PLATE. Dry mix (Bisquick-corn meal based) coating for fish fillets.

6. KNOW POND LIKE. Redear Sunfish. distribution, feeding habits, life history, pond role, field tip.

PB Mag INDEX for 1996
Basically just the articles were indexed. Topics of: Field notes, Pond to Plate, Food Recipes, Editorials, Customers letters, were not indexed. Occasionally a question with a detailed answer from Ask The Boss (Letters & emails) was indexed. A food recipe index may be created later.

The index will often have several listings for the same article such as: bass largemouth; Largemouth Bass; LMB; Fish LM bass harvest; bass thinning; management bass. This may eventually be helpful with some software that is able to search for key words.

Attract wildlife, Jan Feb 96
Bass, catchability, Jan-Feb 96
Bass, LM culling, Sep-Oct 96
Bass, LM standard weight, May-Jun 96
Bass, skinny, fix, May-Jun 96
Beavers, TX expansion, Mar-Apr 96
Boating affects fishing, May-Jun 96
Bullhead catfish, Jul-Aug 96
Callaway Gardens GA, Mar-Apr 96
Catfish, bullhead, mudcat, Jul-Aug 96
Cattails, Nov.Dec 96
Cold winter, 1996 problems, Mar-Apr 96
Combating weeds, May-Jun 96
Contour maps, Mar-Apr 96
Cormorant control permits, Jul-Aug 96
Crappie hybrid, note, Nov.Dec 96
Deepening shorelines, Jul-Aug
Duckweed, control, Nov.Dec 96
Feeding winter, Jan Feb 96
Fertilizing, check alkalinity, Q-A, Mar-Apr 96
Fin Pal, fish tags, Sep-Oct 96
Fish culling, Sep-Oct 96
Fish freezing, storage, Jul-Aug 96
Fish Rio Grande perch, Nov.Dec 96
Fish tagging, Fin Pal, Sep-Oct 96
Fish, habits, low water, Sep-Oct 96
Fish, handling large, Sep-Oct 96
Fish, mercury content, Mar-Apr 96
Fish, redear sunfish, Nov.Dec 96
Fish, stock bigger fingerlings, May-Jun 96
Fish, warmouth, Sep-Oct 96
Fishing vs boat traffic, May-Jun 96
Forage, mixing, Jan Feb 96
Forage, threadfin – tilapia, May-Jun 96
Grass carp, results, Nov.Dec 96
Handling big fish, Sep-Oct 96
Ice, Snow cover, problems, Jan Feb 96
Improving forage, Jan Feb 96
Lepomis gulosus, warmouth, Sep-Oct 96
Lepomis microlophus, redear, Nov.Dec 96
LMB catchability, Jan Feb 96
LMB culling, Sep-Oct 96
Mapping, pond depth guide, Mar-Apr 96
Mechanical weed removal, Jul-Aug 96
Mercury contamination fish, Mar-Apr 96
Mercury update, May-Jun 96
Milfoil control, weevils, Mar-Apr 96
Obituary, Zwahr, Clarence Jan Feb 96
Pond depths, mapping, Mar-Apr 96
Pond managers increasing, May-Jun 96
Pond shore deepening, guide, Jul-Aug 96
Pond volume calculations, Mar-Apr 96
Ray Scott’s Ponds, Mar-Apr 96
Redear sunfish, Nov.Dec 96
Reduce winter fish kill, Jan Feb 96
RioGrande perch, Nov.Dec 96
Scott Ray, ponds, Mar-Apr 96
Shad, gizzard reducing, Q-A, Jan Feb 96
Skinny LMB, fix, May-Jun 96
Snow, ice problems, Jan Feb 96
Talapia and Threadfin, May-Jun 96
Threadfin – tilapia, forage, May-Jun 96
Tilapia, at 2.5 lbs, Q-A, Jul-Aug 96
Warmouth, Sep-Oct 96
Watson, Mark honored, Jan Feb 96
Weed benefits, Mar-Apr 96
Weed control, early start, Jan Feb 96
Weed control, mechanical, Jul-Aug 96
Weed, cattails, Nov-Dec 96
Weed, duckweed sonar, Nov.Dec 96
Weed, early growth, May-Jun 96
Why larger fingerlings, May-Jun 96
Wildlife, attract, Jan Feb 96
Winter feeding, Jan Feb 96
Winter kill, bottom up, Jan Feb 96
Zwahr, Clarence obituary, Jan Feb 96