Growing Trophy Largemouth Bass
By Bob Lusk So, you want to grow trophy largemouth bass, eh? I wish I had a nickel for every time someone has spoken those words to me. A friend ...
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Stopping Water from Escaping
By Mike Otto With a trench roller, dirt can be removed with a track-hoe, and refilled with a loader. I’ve been in the trenches of the earthmoving business for ...
What’s A Chubsucker?
The rarely-seen creek chubsucker is native to vegetated, rocky areas of freshwater streams. If found in your lake, it probably migrated in during a flood event from an adjacent creek. ...
Inside the Water Column: The Secchi Disk
By Dr. Claude E. Boyd Pond owners, especially in the south and parts of the Midwest, are advised to apply fertilizer to promote adequate phytoplankton blooms that serve as the ...
Should I Use Fertilizer Or Pond Dye In My Pond?
If you're contemplating this question, what's your goal? Is the lake a waterscaping with no fisheries management plan? Are you a passionate angler on a mission to grow quality bass? If ...
Summer Temps Take Toll On Big Bass
Editors Note: To long-time readers, we ask your indulgence while we reprint a past article highlighting an important and timely topic. We're entering a very stressful period for big bass. O ...
Fascinating Bass Behavior and Feeding Habits
Largemouth bass are top-of-the-line predators. When hungry, they literally consume anything that fits in their mouth. When seemingly full from a recent meal, reflexes still prompt urges to strike a ...
Know Your Pond Life: A Minnow is a Minnow, or is it?
Daddy taught us how to trap minnows with a quart-sized Mason jar, with a clear plastic cone glued inside the lid rim. By Bob Lusk The Brazos River is the ...
Effects Of Summer Evaporation
May included several 90-degree days and a subtle reminder that dog days of summer are near. How does summer heat affect small ponds? As temps reach high 90’s and humidity ...