When Do Bass Spawn in Texas?
Largemouth Bass or Micropterus salmoides are perhaps the most sought-after fish to stock in ponds. They provide excellent angling...
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What is Pond Muck? (And How to Control it)
Organic material such as leaves, branches, animal waste, and dead vegetation will accumulate at the bottom of your pond over...
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Best Strategies for Controlling Cattail Growth
Cattails are a common emergent pond plant species. They are a pervasive group of plants with a large distribution. Invasive...
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Fish Attractors & Artificial Fish Habitats
Habitat enhancement is often an overlooked and undervalued aspect of fisheries management. Creating and maintaining a bass...
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Best Practices for Managing Aquatic Vegetation
A common scenario Pond King Biologists see year after year is that weeds have overtaken a pond to a point where it constrains...
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Where Can I Buy Fish to Stock My Pond?
Don’t know where to buy fish? Whether you’ve just constructed a new pond or have decided you need to stock a pre-existing one,...
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Not sure what to do before or after you stock your pond with fish? Following Pond King’s fish pond preparation and maintenance...
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A Guide to Duckweed Removal for Ponds
Duckweed is a small, green, free-floating plant. It can almost look like carpet covering the pond when seen from a distance. It...
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What is Electrofishing?
Simply put, electrofishing is the process of generating and distributing a controlled electrical field into the water for the...
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Raising Trophy Bass: 6 Steps to Big Bass Pond Management
The goal of catching a 10-pound bass has long been the dream of many anglers. Having a pond on your own property with this...
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Mozambique Tilapia: The Best Algae Eating Fish for Ponds
Every pond owner has had to, at one time or another, deal with slimy, green algae growing out of control. While there are many...
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Summer Rains
Weather in Texas tends to be all over the place and unpredictable. Forecasting past a few days is futile, to say the least. I was...
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