I forgot the dang ph tester again. I did take a pic of the main vegetation in the pond that i pulled out. I was told by the MO Conservation guy that the previous owner was more concerned with look than fish so they would add quite a bit of copper sulfate to keep algae at bay. He also said i could expect a lot of that during first 5 years due to sediment from the pond creation in 2021. Again, caught a bunch of nice trout and saw the little bass, but no signs of bluegill yet.

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