July/August 2006


  • FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPES. Van Schaik gives insight about contiguous cover and edge affect for enhancing wildlife on your property. Dan uses quail as an example of why and how to de-fragment your upland cover to produce protected travel corridors.
  • LINED TOPMINNOW. This small shallow water fish Fundulus lineolatus is profiled.
  • PONDWEEDS. Pond vegetation of the genus Potomogeton is desribed.
  • PUMPKINSEED: NORTHERN VERSION OF THE REDEAR? Dr. Willis discusses the relationship and habits of these two panfish. Links to yellow grud and black spot diseases are provided.
  • TO RELEASE OR NOT TO RELEASE… Mitchell provides in-depth discussion for catch and release of trout and the related implications of growing large trout in small waters plus a good discussion about the differences of various hook types including barbless hooks on latent hooking mortality. Affects of fly fishing and spincast angling are discussed.
  • LIMING – WHAT'S THAT ABOUT? Short article about the types of lime products and how lime benefits a fish pond.
  • THE ART OF MANAGING BEHEMOTH MALE BLUEGILLS. Cody, Condello and Baird conclude their three part article about raising trophy male bluegills. Discussed are best size of ponds, natural foods, supplemental feeding, angling implications, females only, and creative ways to use male bluegills. A standard weight table for bluegill is included.
  • THINKING SMALL …. SMALLMOUTH BASS, THAT IS. Cornwell describes some smallmouth habits, good forage items for SMB, feasibility of stocking SMB and LMB together. Case history of a SMB and LMB pond is included.
  • KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOR – SIX MONTHS AFTER RITA. Stelter relates the affects of a hurricane on a couple southeast TX ponds owned by Burleigh family.
  • ENVIRONMENAL SOIL SEALANT MAKING LEAKY SOIL TIGHT. Otto looks into the details of using ESS-13, a liquid polymer emulsion for sealing leaky soils.
  • A MAJOR LEAGUE EFFORT FO SHORTSTOP SILTATION. Creating Partnerships To Clean Up A Recreation Source. Richard Peterson describes what practices were used to abate siltation and how it helped helped improve Lake Darling in Iowa.
  • THE 10 POUND 14 INCH BLUEGILL. Sherman Wyman describes how Mike Payne's 4 yr old grandson Kagen went fishing in the Wyman pond and learned to tell "fish stories" at an early age.
  • PASSION FOR PONDS. Sefton in Part 2 describes the step by step tasks for building the Wemble's 1.5 acre pond. Includes descriptions of dam building, French well, dry hydrant, settlement pond, and several structures for fish habitat.
  • AN INTERESTING EMAIL EXCHANGE. Ten messages between Ed Easterling and Lusk about Ed's 6 acre lake and two ponds. Water chemistry of pH, alkalinity and liming are discussed.
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