Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) “aquaguides” can be your guides to better fishing.
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Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) “aquaguides” can be your guides to better fishing. The pamphlets offer advice for enhancing and troubleshooting problems in ponds and lakes. MDC’s Fisheries Division has published several new and revised guides designed to help you grow bigger fish and improve the health of your pond.
“Fathead Minnows in New Ponds and Lakes” can help you establish a self-sustaining fish population that will provide years of fishing fun. The guide explains how using fathead minnow as forage helps get sportfish off to a good start. It also contains easy to read instructions on stocking rates and procedures and ways to increase minnow spawning success.
There are new aquaguides for those who want to manage their impoundments for specific species. Largemouth and crappie anglers can pick up the guides “Managing Your Pond for Trophy Largemouth Bass,” and “Managing Crappie in Small Impoundments.” Those leaflets detail the water clarity, food and harvest requirements for creating healthy largemouth bass and crappie populations.
Several of the new or revised aquaguides provide information for improving the health of existing ponds. Tackling weed problems can be done easily with the series of guides aimed at controlling aquatic vegetation. Using grass carp, chemicals and other methods for controlling algae, submerged and floating plants, cattails and duckweed are among the topics covered. The guides also are useful for learning the amount and type of vegetation needed in an impoundment and ways to determine when your impoundment has too many or too few aquatic plants.
After using MDC aquaguides to enhance your pond, you can refer to the Fish Dealers List for advice on where to get your fish. The Fish Dealers List has information on commercial fish dealers located throughout the state.
The Fish Dealers List and aquaguides are available free of charge. They can be downloaded from the MDC public web-site at www.conservation.state.mo.us. You also can get them by writing to: Missouri Department of Conservation, Fisheries Division, PO Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180.