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Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 4:39pm
Pond Boss subscriber Bob Durham dropped us an email asking about using a well to fill a pond. During my travels around this great country, I am privileged to be involved in a diverse range of projects. One thing about wells...
Friday, September 16, 2011 at 12:14pm
By Glenn Sullivan At water’s edge, in this pond’s green bank, we see American pondweed growing among patches of declining amounts of curly leaf pondweed. Attached to that is a growth of filamentous algae. Deeper...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 1:32pm
Drought and its impact on your pond Seems like a handful of things are inevitable…death, taxes and drought. Drought? Yep, drought…if you haven’t been through a drought (and which of us haven’t?)...
Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 5:38pm
Pond Management techniques on selecting, stocking, and managing your pond’s forage fish The hatchery phone rings. A male voice has a question. "How much do your fathead minnows cost?" The perplexed fellow wants to buy...
Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 5:37pm
Ralph Manns is a trained fisheries biologist and contributing writer for several fishing magazines. He resides in Rockwall, Texas. When largemouth bass feed actively, they move. Underwater observers, scientific...
Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 5:36pm
A common question asked of pond management professionals revolves around fish populations in small ponds. Most schools of biological thought profess simple stocking of channel catfish with fathead minnows, maybe a few hybrid...
Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 5:36pm
Spring is the time for pond management planning Sherman Wyman is a fervent student of land management and has been writing about it in Pond Boss for over three years. Reach Sherman via email at SGWyman@UtleyGroup.com Spring...
Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 5:35pm
That Could be Your Fishing Pond It's a dream many pondmeisters share. Young son or daughter, in the boat, enjoying the outdoors on your very own fishing pond. Birds flit above, something with scales spanks water's surface...
Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 5:34pm
Why Grandpa Was Wrong Mark Cornwell is a fisheries professor at SUNY-Cobleskill in Cohleskill, New York. His passion is raising walleye and the I.Q. of fisheries students in the Northeast. My grandfather's influence resides...
Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 5:33pm
Dr. Richard Anderson is a legendary fisheries biologist who helped develop relative weight tables of fish that today’s biologist use religiously. He resides near Houston, Texas. Grandpa told me a long time ago. "If...