During summer months, we hear reports of big bass dying from stress of landing and handling in warm temperatures. It would be difficult to sacrifice treasured angling days left in th ...

We use this newsletter as our classroom to teach productive pond management. We're beginning the final semester of our 2016 season. If Pond Boss Bob Lusk gave your pond a mid-term ex ...

As bass fishing developed into a national past-time, anglers were encouraged to-- catch and release. Throw 'um back and let 'um grow. In theory, it sounded like a good idea. Ea ...

By Bob Lusk After reading that headline, the first question you should ask is, “Why is a fisheries biologist writing about silt?” The answer, “Because he’s scraped a fair s ...

By Bob Lusk A long time Pond Boss magazine subscriber from Dallas recently called the office and asked a really good question. “I hear biologists and pond managers say the p ...

By Bob Lusk Eastern Tennessee, Missouri and the Texas Hill Country. What do these places have in common besides their beauty? Rocky soils, that’s what. Not ideal places to b ...

Area pond owners were pleased to see spring rains fill treasured lakes. Near record rain runoff, however, also introduced increased nutrients to promote vigorous vegetation growth. If vegetation does not ...

Thanks for joining another issue of the Bob Lusk Outdoors newsletter. I'm Biologist Zach Petersen. While conducting fisheries management projects, I also analyze habitat and design needed improvements. My post ...

By Bob Lusk Early in my career, I had the pleasure of spending some time working on ponds on the internationally famous W.T. Waggoner Estate Ranch. That massive amount o ...