Pond Pointers
If you’re like us, you count the days until fish feeding season. Finally, your patience is rewarded. Let the show begin! There’s nothing more entertaining than watching antics ...
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Tag Fish For Fun and Management Success
Increase fishing fun while improving lake management success. Implement a tagging program! Is your interest bass or would you like to include a variety of species? Information developed from tagging ...
Product Review
Habitat is among four key requirements for successful pond management. Do you have sufficient cover and related features to help fish thrive? These security zones protect young baitfish from early ...
Water Analysis Is Important Season Startup Procedure
There’s nothing more disappointing than receiving a phone call from a pond owner who has experienced a fish kill. We recently spoke with a party who had invested five ...
Now’s The Time To Nourish Aquatic Life
How do you nourish aquatic life in your pond? Fish food benefits scaly and whiskered critters. But what are you doing for unsung heroes vital to success of your management ...
From The Dock
Aeration has contributed great strides toward improving lake environments. Another natural treatment gaining popularity to cleanse water is beneficial microbes, or bacteria. Microbes influence water quality as they interact with ...
The Otolith Bone Determines the Age of a Fish
Fish are aged by examining a small bone chip in their skull? The tiny chip is called an “otolith”. It exhibits growth rings like a tree. Biologist count the rings ...
Time to Manage Pond Vegetation is Now
Vegetation will sprout soon. If it limited use of your pond in past seasons, develop a treatment plan now while plants are dormant. Water temperature stimulates vegetation growth rates. With ...
Is Standard Water Testing on Your Annual Pond Checkup List?
Standard water testing should be on the list of items you review during the annual wellness checkup of your pond. Alkalinity must be within certain parameters to achieve successful fertilization. ...