What do you guys plant around your pond?
Obviously not on the Dam, but otherwise what flora do we like to use? How bad an idea is it to put a tree near the shore so that the roots provide natural cover/habitat?
Like DD said, trees suck a lot of water, some more then others, but in turn, the shade benefit they provide for the fish is very beneficial, imo, I have had some pretty decent luck fishing along shaded banks on a hot summer morning when i didnt make it to the pond as early as I might have. after they quit biting on the direct sun soaked bank. Its sort of a matter of how much water you can trade off for the shade.
I have trees completely surrounding my pond, dug it in the middle of the woods, and haven't lost three inches of water all summer, it might go down an inch or two and then get another rain that bring it back, a dry summer would be a good bit different.
