Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations Finally, the Fish Kill Took Place!

No CJ:
It is only storm drains and strong springs that feed this lake. Unlike some of the others, our lake stands alone, does not flow in or out of any of the other 5 lakes. But think of this: the lake existed prior to the development of the homes which were built in the mid to late 70's. Our lakes were gravel pits, but are shallow. There has been zero fishery management ever to our knowledge. In addition, we outflow (to control the water level) through an engineered system under a street and under a yard to what is called the Ferry Drain. The Ferry Drain is an old agricultural drain (Ferry Seed Co.) coming down north, where it was all farm land prior to development. It flows east to the Clinton River, which flows to Lake St. Clair. There are other creeks etc. that flow into the Ferry Drain north of us.
We know that our flap valve was left in the open position (not sure if on purpose to stop complaints to the city of the lake not draining, or just by accident)for at least 3 years before the lake went bad in 2004. We documented that and took photos. I have seen the carp in the drain which is called the creek by residents. So who knows where all these junk fish came from?
Another battle yet to be fought is to slow down the flow of the creek in heavy rains, as it appears that we cannot drain off in heavy rain events until the creek level subsides, with all the development north more and more storm water has been put into the system. Nothing is easy here, but it is worth the fight.