Pond Mgmt 101

ive heard from a couple of co-workers that according to the farmers almnac that august is supost to be a wet month keeping my fingers crossed

I would not hold my breath on that one.

I completed an aeration installation today before it got too hot. The pond owner lost around 150 pounds of LMB that were around 3-5 pounds and quite a few big bluegill because of this oppressive heat. The pond was SW of Watonga in a canyon. When the installation was completed and the owner plugged in the blower the aeration released the hydrogen sulfide gas that was in solution. This told me that the pond was on its last legs and most of the fish were already dead. The gas was strong enough to make me nauseated and I was 30 yds away from the air boil. The two units that I installed will pump around 500,000 gallons of water ,collectively, per day and aerate it as well. In a weeks time the pond will start to show a turn around. I anticipate that in 8 days or less the contents of the pond will have passed thru the units. The owner was happy and he does not have to worry about losing any more fish. I will try to submit pictures soon.

Returning home I stopped at an installation that I made 3 Sundays ago just to see the progress. The water no longer looked like pea soup that you could cut witha knife. There was clarity that was not present before and I saw a school of 7 LMB cruising the shallows looking for lunch. The pond owner could also see the improvement in the overall health of the pond over the past couple of weeks. This pond is loaded with 8 - 9" bluegill and redear. This pond was within 3 days of having a fish kill of significant proportions. Another success story.

i have a hydrilla issue in my 3 to 5 acre pond it has been there for about two years now .last year seemed exceptionally bad i didnt due well fishing it last year either. i was hoping you could steer me in the right direction on getting it taken care of. i appreciate any input

I have been researching and i believe it is actually coontail.i dont know anything about it or if it is even bad any input would be great thanks. Jake

918- I have been out of town on a predator hunt for several days. Please give me a day to catch my breath and I will respond.

no problem thanks

918 - Google "chara" pronounced "Kara" and see if this might be what you are seeing. If its not chara then its coontail. Either way, tell me what it is and then I can give you your answer.

I have some of that (chara) in some ponds I fish....anyway to treat for it?

Depending how much is in there I would leave it be. If the coontail is waaaaaayyyyyy out of balance then stock some grass carp at 3/ acre and let them be for 2 years minimum and see what happens.