From the Dock – August 2012
When I joined Texoma Hatchery’s team, Bob and Chad were swamped with field service. Bob assigned me to answering office inquiries, qualifying customer requests, and referring them to the ...
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Dove Hunt With the Pond Boss
Dove hunters, oil your gun, roundup camouflage gear, and enjoy opening day of dove season with the Pond Boss Bob Lusk. The hunt is September 1-3 near Abilene. Shoot until ...
Deep Glow Lighting
You’re missing a fascinating pond experience if you don’t have a Deep Glow underwater light to observe nighttime fish activity. As summer water temperatures rise, fish lurk deep ...
Reach Your Harvest Goals
Is your pond on pace to reach 2012 harvest goals? Annual bass harvest should total 20 pounds per surface acre. Please don’t risk bass overpopulating and over eating the food chain. ...
Enhance the Beauty of Your Pond
Do you want to enhance the beauty of your pond with fountain displays, but feel you should place a priority on aeration during summer months? If average depths meet minimum ...
From the Dock – July 2012
You just drifted over your favorite “summer worm hole”. It’s a creek channel off a deep point. You were the architect for heavy cover that provides good shade in ...
It Looks Alien But Can Be Beneficial
A strange, jelly-like blob has been observed around the dock or among fallen tree limbs in shallow areas. Before you start stringing yellow caution tape around your pond and calling ...
Vegetation – Friend or Foe?
In most cases, it takes a trained professional to accurately identify aquatic vegetation. There’s one plant, however, that even amateur pondmeisters can recognize—chara. Why is chara easy to ...
Product Review
As reviewed above, dissolved oxygen is critical to the health of your pond. Here’s a valuable instrument to help forecast DO trends and head off potential dangerous depletions. The ...