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Looking for something specific about pond management?  Chances are… someone has written about it in the pages of Pond Boss magazine.

Born as a newsletter in July, 1992, Pond Boss magazine has emerged as the go-to source for all things pond.  In our archives, we have a long list of back issues, loaded with practical information you can use. Want to know how to make a cane pole, fertilize a southern pond, figure out if your fish are growing or not? Maybe how to identify aquatic plants or how to build a beach? Pond Boss has it.  Take a look at each year’s list of published articles and dig deeper into those things you want to know.  Pond Boss back issues archives has it.  More than 110 issues* of great information, at your beck and call.

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November/December 2005
November/December 2005
Issue Date:
November 1, 2005
  • WILD HOGS …. GAME ANIMAL OR NUISANCE D. VanSchaik. Dan goes over the basics of feral hogs – reproduction, behavior, damage, benefits.
  • GREAT BLUE HERON – Lusk looks at blue heron in Know Your Pond Life.
  • BLUEGILL NESTING - Dr Willis describes the basic biology of nesting behavior of bluegills.
  • LIFE LESSONS FROM A CANOE – B.James reflects on the sensual pleasures of the simple life in a canoe.
  • ENJOYMENT OF THE POND – Lusk Describes the pleasures one can have with a small backyard pond.
  • HATCHERY PONDS – Tips how to decide to use small ponds for fish production. Lusk goes over several of the things to consider when using a smaller pond for raising fingerlings.
  • WATER, DIRT, DIRT, WATER…. NEXT VERSE – M.Otto. Good rules of thumb are presented concerning proper soils needed to build pond and lakes. Plasticity index (P.I.), liquid limits, proctor density, field tests, and dealing with sand & gravel described.
  • WE HIT GRAVEL. WHAT SHOULD I DO? R. Sims describes how they dealt with gravel in the soils when building a pond.
  • AUGUST COLD FRONT BRINGS GREAT FLOOD – S.Wyman describes how a flood from 14.5 inches of a 3 day rain affected his TX pond.
  • CURE THOSE WINTER BLUES - C. Davanzo & R,Coulter discuss the basics of ice fishing.
  • WORKING WITH THE SYSTEM – M.J. Mitchel. Understanding the regulators and regulations of pond construction in the High Country Waters.
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