NEW MEMBER TODAY CAUSE I THE SAME QUESTION, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I NEED ANSWERED. FIRST WHAT IM DEALING WITH.

i JUST INHERTED A 4 ACRE BORROW PIT (POND) THAT WAS DUG IN 1965 TO BUILD NIEGHBORING OVERPASSES. STOCKING OF FISH IS SATISFACTORY. LARGE BLUE GILLS (GREENS, PUMPKINS,BLACK CRAPPIE, WAR MOUTHS ETC...), FAIR SIZED LMB, RANGING IN SIZE FROM MINNOWS TO ADULT(DONT KNOW PROPER LINGO YET)

POND IS LOCATED IN NORTHERN OHIO ON THE ERIE SHORE, THE POND IS SURROUNDED BY TREES, THAT EVERY WINTER SHED THEIR LEAVES INTO THE POND, SO PLENTY OF NUTRIENTS AT THE BOTTOM. CHLARA IS ALL AROUND THE RIM OF THE POND, IT STINKS ESPECIALLY ON HOT DRY DAYS. IMPOSSIBLE TO FISH, FROM SHORE (GREAT FOR KEEPING THE LOCALS OUT OF IT). THE OTHER WEEK I MANNUALLY REMOVED SOME. SAME THING HAPPENED, MUDDIED THE WATER FOR A WEEK AND DAYS LATER IT WAS THE SAME.

MY qUESTIONS ARE:
HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?

WHAT IS A GOOD AMOUNT?; BECAUSE IS DOES PROVIDE HABITAT RIGHT?

GRASS CARP HAVE TO BE STERILE RIGHT? DONT LIKE CHEMICALS. DONT LIKE INVASIVE SPECIES

ARE GC EASILY HARVESTED?(READ A LITTLE ON THEM;BUT JUST JOINED TODAY)

cAN YOU TEST YOUR WATER WITH ACCURACY TO FIND NUTRIENT LEVELS AND WHICH ONES ARE PRESENT?

cAN YOU SPOT TREAT (THINKING OF JUST PUTTING IN A SWIMMING LANE TO THE FLOATING DOCK) WITH EFFECTIVENESS?

i KNOW ITS ALOT OF QUESTIONS BUT AS WITH AS NEW THINGS I HAVE PLENTY OF THEM............ THQANKS............