Let’s start with your goals. Most rural people construct a pond for fishing. If it is next to a house, aesthetics or natural character may also play a role. You’ll soon run into conflicting management ...

Fish by the thousands swim in an oval pond next to Beaver Lake during summer. Come autumn, those fish are gone, but birds by the dozens, sometimes hundreds, visit the lagoon. Bird watchers with ...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (KSNW) – A popular fishing pond in Hutchinson will not be stocking trout next month like they usually do, as the Dillon Nature Center Pond is at the lowest level it’s been in ...

Sawmill Pond, for instance, is indeed a pond where picnicking and youth fishing draw visitors during summer and ice skaters in winter. And yes, there was a sawmill in the area that produced a ...

Lately, Walsh and his crew have been stocking larger- usually 7½- to 8-inch – bluegill in about a half dozen FiN ponds each fall. They get the large fish by growing 5-inchers in fertile ponds ...

It may not be as glamorous as a largemouth bass, but Florida’s channel catfish can put up a good fight and tastes much better. Colored a light blue or gray on its back, the fish is spotted along ...

Subsequent restocking may be needed, but continuing to fish the pond and paying attention to pond ecology is more important. Don’t fish from other water sources and add the fish to your pond, as you ...