Aquatic Furbearers…Nuisance or Necessary?
By Dan VanSchaik I paid my spring semester college tuition each year trapping fur on big Atlantic Coastal marshes. The usual catch was 500 muskrats, 100 beavers, seasonal limit of otters and ...
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How Winter Affects Your Ponds and Lakes
During the cold, harsh winter months, you need to know how to take care of your pond or lake. Learn more about how winter affects your ponds and lakes. Listen to B ...
New Year’s Resolutions Should Include Pond Management
In many ways, winter allows us to start each new pond season with a clean slate. Make sure your 2018 New Year's resolutions include some of the following points to enhance en ...
Spillways Matter
By Bob Lusk and Mike Otto Spillways rein huge in importance to life, or death, of a pond. Sometimes we feel like preachers at a pond-building pulpit. Preaching the proper ...
Winter Vegetation Cycles: Now You See It – Now You Don’t
Ever wonder why annoying plants that disrupt ponds all summer disappear from sight by late December? It's certainly not from lack of water. Aquatic vegetation, even though submerged in water, responds to ...
Buzzbait Bass Fishing Video
Normally, we focus on management topics. If you're experiencing cabin fever on a cold winter day, we hope this buzz bait action reminds you of a memorable 2017 outing. Strap on a ...
Dock Live Wells Improve Harvest Quotas
Harvest, harvest, harvest! It’s one of the four required steps for successful pond management. You’ve heard us preach about it for years. Some old friends who see us ...
Product Review – Aeration Maintenance
Biologists believe aeration improves pond environments dramatically. Aeration keeps water quality predictable, reduces sludge and nutrients that feed annoying algae, and there are fewer incidents of undesirable odors. Aeration allows fi ...