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POND BOSS ARTICLES CONTENTS 1999

January - February 1999. Key: Lusk’s Top 5 fish, Wilson’s Pond,

Eds Desk. Ma Natures Harsh Lessons.

1. Cover Story. Stocking The Big 5. B.Lusk's review of the 5 most popular fish for ponds.

2. Well-Managed Pond. Tennessee Pond Owners Honored. Harold & Betty Wilson's 7 ac pond on 329 acres.

3. Field Notes. Booklet Offers Hints on Fee Fishing. "Fee fishing in Florida". Very fast fish growth noted in Bosque Co.TX

4. From Pond to Plate. EZ Fish Soup.

5. Customers Always write. A. Requests for more pictures and articles from Southeast, Ohio,& northern US. B. Request for another one day pond seminar.

6. New Binocular A Powerful Tool.


Mar-Apr 99. Key: Weed control, Walleye-perch conversions, White crappie

Eds Desk. Article. No Place For Amateurs. M.McDonald's adventure hauling 500 lbs of 1/2 to 2 pound LMB.

1. Cover Story. Win The War On Weeds. Pros point out the best methods for weed control. Insert- Hydrilla & weed chopper boat described.

2. Well-Managed Pond. Walleyes Too Costly To Culture. Elmer Hedlund describes walleye and yellow perch food conversion rates. Plus: E. Hedlund obituary.

3. Mini-Pond. KS Pond Overloaded With Fish. Recommendations for One ac pond w/ slow growing bass and a pond that is out of balance.

4. Ask The P.Boss. Hints for sealing a leaky pond and catfish cannot help seal it.

5. Customers Always Write. A. Help requested for KY quarry ponds. B. Hints for getting rid of beavers and muskrats. C. Request for more pics.

6. White Crappie A Mixed Blessing. Description, life history, pond tips.

7. Field Notes. Feeder Unit Gets Upgrades. Sweeney fish feeder AF1100 improved.


May-Jun 99. Pond renovation, Structure marking, Bladderwort, Fattening fish.

Eds Desk. Pond Mgmt Still New.

1. Cover Story. Pulling The Plug. Tips for renovating a pond.

2. "X" Marks The Spot. Details for making underwater tree structures.

3. Know Pond Life. Bladderwort A Common Plant. Distribution, pond role, control tips.

4. Ask P.Boss. Controlling fila. algae and shoreline tress.

5. Customers Always Write. A. Requests for articles about smaller ponds, northern ponds, non-chemical weed control, before and after pictures.

6. From Pond To Plate. Bachelor Broiled Fish.

7. Mini-Pond. Skinny Fish Solutions From The Pros. 5 Tips to fatten thin bass.

8. Field Notes. IL DNR Still Offers Fingerlings.


Jul-Aug 99. Key: Alkalinity & pH, Aeration benefits, Water milfoil, Better bass growth, Summer fish kills.

Eds Desk. Turning 9, Marking Our Progress.

1. Cover Story. Testing The Waters. Tips from pros on pH, alkalinity, & other mysteries.
INSERT BRIEF Aeration Benefits not easy to see.

2. Castor named office manager.

3. Know Pond Life. Water milfoil Spreading To New Waters. Description, pond role, control tips.

4. Ask The P.Boss. A. 3-4ac IL lake has carp and needs improved panfish. B. Advice to control overpopulated bass. C. Advantages of drawdown. D. How to build a boathouse, reestablish catfish and eliminating bullheads. E. Exploring why catfish don't bite. F.Better habitat for smallmouth explored.

5. Mini-Pond. Forage & Competition Key To Bass Growth.

6. Customers Write. A. Advice for improving fathead spawning. B. Request for for info on bgill & shellcrackers. D. Request for sources for redears. E. Request for articles from NW USA. F. Request for more ads on lks for lease.

7. Well-Managed Pond. Caution Flags Up on Fish Kills. Excerpt from MS "Farm ponds and Small Lks" info about summer fish kills.


Sep-Oct 99. Key: Fertilizer dispenser, Pond Income, Bald cypress, CuSO4 & algae.

Eds Desk. Playing the Numbers.

1. Cover Story. Going In The Tank. Hints for building you own lakeside low cost fertilizer dispenser.

2. Cover Story Pt II. Income From Fish. Making your pond make money. Crash course on 'fishing club mgmt 101'.

3. The Living Windbreak. Shoreline plantings of bald cypress around pond.

4. Ask The PBoss. A. How to stock a new 1 ac pond. B. Two questions on how to fix leaky ponds. C. Advice for a drainage/skimmer. D. Location for buying fish tags.

5. Customers Always Write. A. Consultant provides insight on oxygen-CO2 cycle. B. J.Tanner GA consultant visited. C. Praise for small pond articles & PB mag. D. Plea for reader input.

6. Field Notes. Hedlund Still Offers Parts. OK & TX state reps look at cormorant problem.

7. Managing MiniPond. Pondowners uses copper sulfate to treat algae in 1 ac pond.


Nov-Dec 99. Key: Winter pond mgmt, Giant Salvina, Aquashade.

Eds Desk. Where We're Headed.

1. Cover Story. Ponder Your Pond. Winter mgmt. hints from the pros.

2. Noxious Plant Invades South. Giant salvinia aggressive floating aquatic weed described.

3. Field Notes. A. Fishing tournament for piranha. B. Sonar treatment controls milfoil in NY reservoir.

4. Ask The PBoss. A. Reasons for using fatheads only in new ponds. B. OH county soil & water defined: pool, pond & lake. C. Advice to control duckweed. D. How early in spring can one feed pellets to fish?. E. Ice thickness safety. F. Muskrat advice for MI & IL. G. Assessing drain pipe and impact of cedar trees, few dock construction notes.

5. Customers Write. Praise from readers in OH, IL, WA, TX, MI, AR, GA.

6. Managing Mini-Pond. KY owner describes pond. B. M.McCune discusses Aquashade. C. Floridian gets advice to clear pond. D. PA owner gets advice abt best aquatic plants to plant.

7. READER SURVEY.


POND BOSS ANNUAL INDEX 1999

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.

Aeration benefits, Jul-Aug 99
Algae control with copper, May-Jun 99
Alkalinity, pH, DO, Jul-Aug 99
Aquashade, Nov-Dec 99
Bald cypress, Sep-Oct 99
Bass LM, better growth, Jul-Aug 99
Bass LM, fattening, May-Jun 99
Bass LM, Jan-Feb 99
Bass LM, tips for small ponds, Jul-Aug 99
Better bass growth, Jul-Aug 99
Bladderwort, May-Jun 99
Bluegill, Jan-Feb 99
Carp German , reduction tips, Q-A, Jul-Aug 99
Catfish tips Q-A, Jul-Aug 99
Catfish, channel, Jan-Feb 99
Channel catfish, Jan-Feb 99
Crappie, white, Mar-Apr 99
CuSO4 & algae, Sep-Oct 99
Dissolved oxygen, Jul-Aug 99
Fathead minnow, Jan-Feb 99
Fatheads, pallet spawns, Jul-Aug 99
Fattening fish, May-Jun 99
Fee Fishing booklet note, Jan-Feb 99
Fertilizer dispenser, Sep-Oct 99
Carp German reduction tips Q-A, Jul-Aug 99
Fish bass growth, Jul-Aug 99
Fish bass fattening May-Jun 99
Fish catfish CC, Jan-Feb 99
Fish catfish CC tips, Jul-Aug 99
Fish crappie white, Mar-Apr 99
Fish fathead pallet spawn, Jul-Aug 99
Fish fathead minnow Jan-Feb 99
Fish kill summer, Jul-Aug 99
Fish, Lusk’s Top five Jan-Feb 99
Fish white crappie, Mar-Apr 99
Giant Salvina, Nov-Dec 99
Hedlund obituary, Mar-Apr 99
Lusk’s Top 5 fish, Jan-Feb 99
Milfoil, water, Jul-Aug 99
Minnow fathead, Jan -Feb 99
Myrophyllum spp. Milfoils, Jul-Aug 99
Obituary, Heldund Elmer Mar-Apr 99
Oxygen dissolved Jul-Aug 99
Non-invasive plants, Q-A p25, Nov-Dec 99
Perch yellow, food conversions, Mar-Apr 99
pH, Jul-Aug 99
Plants non-invasive, Q-A p25, Nov-Dec 99
Plants, bladderwort, May-Jun 99
Pond Income, Sep-Oct 99
Pond management, winter, Nov-Dec 99
Pond overcrowded KS, Mar-Apr 99
Pond renovation tips, May-Jun 99
Pond, Smith in KY, Nov-Dec 99
Ponds small, bass tips Jul-Aug 99
Redear sunfish, Jan-Feb 99
Salvinia molesta – giant salvinia, Nov-Dec 99
Structure making, tree, May-Jun 99
Structure pallet –fatheads spawn Jul-Aug 99
Summer fish kills, Jul-Aug 99
Trees, benefits for pond, Sep-Oct 99
Utricularia radiata, bladderwort, May-Jun 99
Walleye-perch food conversions, Mar-Apr 99
Water milfoil, Jul-Aug 99
Water testing info, Jul-Aug 99
Weed control methods, Mar-Apr 99
Weeds, Bladderwort, May-Jun 99
Weeds giant Salvinia Nov-Dec 99
Weeds noninvasive Q-A pg25 Nov-Dec 99
Weeds, water milfoil Jul-Aug 99
White crappie, Mar-Apr 99
Wilson’s Pond, Jan-Feb 99
Winter pond mgmt, Nov-Dec 99
Yellow perch food conversions Mar–Apr 99