Below are charts with suggested stocking rates for newly-built ponds (Or ponds currently with no fish).  Each chart is individually tailored for specific fishery goals.    

When it comes to providing a sustainable ecosystem, especially one that contains largemouth bass and/or a variety of top freshwater predators, it is important to optimize habitat in your water. This is also especially true for those lakes and ponds that have uniform bottoms (i.e. a bowl dug into the ground without contours) or without a plankton bloom to limit …

We all know that Texas summers are brutal and this summer has been no exception: many days over 100 degrees and very little rain to break up that heat and replenish/cool down our water. Around this time of year, the epilimnion (top layer) of many lakes and ponds exceeds 90 degrees Fahrenheit! When our ponds are this hot, they hold …

Many people with freshly dug lakes and ponds run into an issue of a muddy water body, yet this issue can be shared by both owners of new and old lakes and ponds alike. Whatever the age of the water body, muddy water bodies are almost always undesirable to lake and pond owners. For those managing water bodies for aesthetics, …

Greetings from Blessed Bayou! Can you feel it in the air? Finally, those cold fronts have started to move into Texas, bringing in cooler weather to the state and giving us a much-needed respite from the unyielding heat of the Summer. With these cold fronts, the water temperature in your pond or lake becomes more hospitable throughout, with surface water …

Greetings from Blessed Bayou! As we gear up for a fall with a much-appreciated respite from the intense heat of the summer, we are excited to ramp up our electrofishing surveys. The cooler temperatures make fish more able to explore more habitat during the day. By this, I mean that they aren’t as limited to avoiding the heat by staying …

Greetings from Blessed Bayou! As we get into the hottest portion of the year, many people may start to see the largemouth bass bite diminish within their lakes and ponds. Just as was the case with the Winter edition of my Angler Tips newsletter, this lull in bite can be traced back to temperature. While Springtime boasts the best fishing …

Age, nutrition, and GENETICS are the key components to producing trophy whitetail deer. The genetic portion of the equation has grown leaps and bounds through the ability of Texans having the capability to operate whitetail breeding facilities. There are many misunderstandings of the functions of a whitetail breeding program and their practices. To be completely honest, if I were not …

Greetings from Blessed Bayou! As the weather warms up and we enter the Summer months, many people begin seeing vegetation issues start to develop on their lake. This can be frustrating for lake and pond owners, especially those who have spent significant time and money in the Spring to promote a healthy and productive water body during the warm months. …

Greetings and happy Spring from Blessed Bayou! If you have ever received a fisheries report from us after an electrofishing survey, you might have noticed an introductory section on the report that highlights the importance of shad, specifically threadfin shad (Dorsoma petenense). These little silvery members of the Clupeidae are basically every predator fish’s favorite prey item. Below, I’ll detail …

What fishing and the outdoors means to me? This subject for me runs much deeper than just my line in the water, watching that forever exciting moment of my bobber making ripples, beginning its dips and dives that end in it submerging below the water line and bending my fishing rod. I grew up on the bank of a slough …