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Pond and Fish Management

Construction

  • Soil Considerations for Pond Construction
  • Sealing Ponds and Lakes with Bentonite
  • Controlling Water Losses from Aquaculture Ponds
  • Renovating Leaky Ponds
  • Ponds: Planning, Design, Construction

Stocking

  • Stocking Guide for New or Renovated Ponds
  • Largemouth Bass Biology and Life History
  • Species Profile: Largemouth Bass
  • Culture of Largemouth Bass Fingerlings
  • Channel Catfish Biology and Life History
  • Hybrid Striped Bass Biology and Life history
  • Red Drum Reproductive Biology, Broodstock Management, and Spawning
  • Identifying Texas Catfish
  • Threadfin Shad Management and Culture
  • Tilapia: Life History and Biology
  • Pond Culture of Tilapia
  • Forage Fish – Introduction and Species
  • Forage Species: Production Techniques
  • Common Farm-Raised Baitfish
  • Baitfish: Feeds and Feeding Practices
  • Feeding Practices for Baitfish

Pond and Lake Management

  • Texas Farm Ponds: Stocking, Assessment, and Management Recommendations – Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
  • Fish Population Assessment and Interpretation
  • The Role of Angler Catch Records in Management Decisions for Private Waters
  • Texas Farm Pond Management Calendar
  • Renovation of Farm Ponds
  • Pond Fertilization
  • Fertilization of Fish Ponds
  • Fertilization of Fish Fry Ponds
  • Aquatic Weed Management: Control Methods
  • Using Grass Carp in Aquaculture and Private Impoundments
  • Aquatic Herbicide Use
  • Aquatic Weed Management: Herbicides
  • Aquatic Weed Management: Herbicide Safety, Technology and Application Techniques
  • What is Wrong with My Bass?
  • Table 1: Treatment Response of Common Aquatic Plants to Registered1 Herbicides and Grass Carp
  • Table 2: Aquatic Vegetation Herbicide Control Water Use Restriction
  • Management of Recreational Fish Ponds in Texas
  • Catfish Ponds for Recreation

Please visit our online bookstore to see other publications.

  • [CD-ROM] Bass Tech: The Technology to Manage for Success
  • Aquatic Vegetation Identification Cards

Water Quality

  • Interaction of pH, Carbon Dioxide, Alkalinity, and Hardness in Fish Ponds
  • Liming Farm Fish Ponds in East Texas
  • Understanding Water Analysis Reports: Water from Freshwater Fish Ponds and Their Water Supplies
  • Oxygen Depletion in Farm Ponds: Causes, Signs and Corrections
  • Pond Aeration
  • Clearing Muddy Ponds
  • Control of Clay Turbidity in Ponds

Leasing

  • Development and Management of Fishing Leases 

Miscellaneous

  • Water Gardens
  • Water Use for Aquaculture
  • Calculating Area and Volume of Ponds and Tanks
  • Calculating Treatments for Ponds and Tanks
  • Fish Grubs in Freshwater Ponds and Lakes
  • Leeches in Texas Waters
  • Protozoan Parasites
  • Investigating a Fish Die-off and Submitting a Sample for Toxicology or Disease Diagnosis
  • My Fish are Dying!
  • Why Did All My Catfish Die Last Summer?
  • Turtle Control in Farm Ponds
  • Raising Fishworms for Bait
  • Raising Crickets for Fish Bait
  • Freezing Fish and Shellfish
  • You Can Do Catfish
  • Idetifying and Managing Aquatic Rodents

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