Hot, dry weather is normally not the best of conditions under which to be tackling major pond related activities. However, if your fish population has become stunted or if your pond has been overtaken with unwanted species of fishes, hot, dry weather can be your friend.
A FREE Recreational Pond Management Seminar will be held Tuesday, May 27th at 6 PM at the Texas Parks & Wildlife Nature Center in Tyler (11942 FM 848).
Topics to be discussed include: aquatic weed Identification and control options for private waters, maintaining pond water quality, and invasive aquatic vegetation in Texas.
Speakers will be Drs. Rick Ott (Texas Parks and Wildlife) and Billy Higginbotham (Texas AgriLife Extension).
Bring: Water Samples from your pond(s) for free water quality analysis and aquatic weeds for identification and control recommendations.
For more information call (903) 590 - 2980.
Have a pond? Want to get more recreational potential out of it?
March is a great month of the year to initiate new pond management strategies. Owners of small ponds can rejuvenate them by monitoring water quality, supplemental feeding, and re-stocking (if necessary) with fish.
Hot summer days with no wind are prime times for fish die offs in farm ponds. Farmers worried about losing their fish should check on ponds early in the morning, which is the time of day that pond oxygen levels are at their lowest.
