From The Dock – Can Birds Stock Ponds?
I recently had a memorable time trying to explain how fish showed up in a pond that had gone dry three times and never been stocked.
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From the Dock – September 2012
Report cards for the 2012 pond management season will be issued soon. Will your pond receive a passing grade? Or will you be referred for “tutoring” to improve marginal results? Report ...
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 ...
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 ...
From the Dock – June 2012
It’s “last call” for stocking ponds this spring! During fish deliveries last week, we observed surface temperatures to 87 degrees. Such levels require careful procedures to ensure safe stocking from ...
From the Dock – May 2012
While strolling the shoreline or sitting on a dock, you should be seeing fish on spawning beds and/or schools of newly hatched fry. The long, slender ones may be ...
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 ...
Rebuilding Food Chains
While evaluating receding pond levels last summer, you probably observed brush piles, withering vegetation, small bushes, and related cover on bare ground. Baitfish, like bluegill, use that cover as safe ...