Discover how Northern Lakes' game fish tackle challenges like decreased oxygen and hypoxia, exacerbated by snow. Learn about effective solutions such as aeration and fisheries management, crucial for preserving these ecosystems. Dive into our article for in-depth insights on sustaining game fish populations in states like South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, and Iowa.
Read MoreEach of our lakes has a unique management goal. The goal of the lake right behind me is a kid's fishing pond. What makes a kid's fishing pond unique is that you really want to maximize catchability.
Read MoreAerators are bubbling gases in the water, but the point of them is not to put oxygen in that bottom layer. It's just to keep the entire water column mixing within your pond.
Read MoreInside of a newly constructed Lake here in Central Texas we have built a feature called the Trophy Trench. The trench will act as a movement corridor, and severe heat refuge. Specifically great in midsummer when it's 110 degrees out.
Read MoreWe prescribe some type of aeration in just about every project we work on. To keep a fishery healthy and growing you must have proper aeration. And if you do have aeration it must be maintained regularly. We have three tips that will help to keep your aeration in your fishery running smoothly for many years.
Read MoreWe sat down with Mossback Fish Habitat almost ten years ago now on this very property to design prototypes of a fish city. We paid special attention to exactly what each stage of a fishes life would need. We called a fish city that because when you walk around, it's kind of got everything that a spawning bass to mature bass could need.
Read MoreSpring is great time to clean up trees and limbs before leaf-out and also a great time to add new habitat to a pond. We utilize a Sunday to get work done on the pond and spend quality time as a family.
Read MoreWhich Habitat is Best Natural or Artificial? The answer is both. When it comes to habitat, the best kind of use is highly diverse, whatever you can get your hands on. So in a lot of projects we do, we try to take advantage of what's local.
Read MoreBWO biologists like to refer to a special pond in Texas as the spoiled princess pond. It's only about three quarters of an acre, and we're going after the target of growing a world record bath in this little pond. And the reason that it has the name the spoiled Princess Pond is because this pond, as far as large mouth bass are concerned, is a female only pond.
Read MoreOn your fishery we always measure these 5 metrics. This will tell us how healthy your fishery is, how the ecosystem is working, and how we can help to bring more success to our management plan.
Read MoreIf you want to have a successful lake, first you have to know what's below the surface. As Dr. Brian Graeb would say, "Electrofishing and water sampling equipment provide you with a full picture of your fishery and water health."
Read MoreWhen a water quality check is done by Katie and Brian they check a variety of critical aspects of your body of water. Basic water quality measurements begin with temperature and DO Measurements. DO is dissolved oxygen.
Read MoreAn unmanaged pond can become a "desert" of habitat. Nothing on the banks, no habitat, and a lack of diversity. Brian looks at a body of water and evaluates how they came in to revitalize an older pond and add new growth in a variety of ways.
Read MoreA variety of pond weed solutions are available for your fisheries. Sometimes it is as simple as utilizing what is already in the seed bank of the pond. Water temperature is critical in this process and having a healthy amount of pond weed is extremely beneficial to your overall fisheries health.
Read MoreThe beauty of Cedar Trees is this is a perfect marriage of wildlife habitat and fish habitat. So most wildlife managers, view cedar trees as a nuisance, or at the very least, something that needs to be managed.
Read MoreThe idea itself is simple it's just several, usually six, seven or eight species of bacteria that are designed to go to work processing organic matter and help in that pond turn up the internal nutrients. We utilize water soluble bags and literally throw it out in the water.
Read MoreCrashes also happen fast. Fish can run out of food pretty quickly, leading to slowed or no growth, or even weight loss. This is why we do prey fish checks during mid-summer.
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