Dr. Joe E Morris
Due to recent high temperatures and dry conditions, stocking farm ponds can be difficult to do this time of the year. However, several measures can be taken to increase your success...
Temperature has a direct effect on fish metabolism, feeding, and survival. No other physical factors affects the development and growth of fish as much as water temperature. Metabolic rates of fish increase rapidly as the temperature rises.
Pond owners should use the last warm days of fall to take note of what worked well this year and what they can do to improve next year.
Spring is the time of the year in the Iowa when Iowa’s landscape awakens from winter’s cold and the remaining snow and ice melts. In most years, ponds survive winters with minimal issues. However, there are those rare occasions that pond owners see a number of dead floating fish in the pond.
