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Blog Series, Part 2: Fish Removal, Habitat Installation and Continuing Construction Written by Industry Experts Aaron Cushing and David Beasley, Fisheries Biologists We recently began working on another fun and exciting project, this time in southern West Virginia, helping to design a trophy fishery from start to finish. To take advantage of this and other […]

SOLitude Lake Management, an industry leader in lake and pond management, fisheries management and related environmental services for the Eastern United States, welcomes Becky Higgerson as the new Service & Inventory Manager. She will be managing field service operations, vendor relations, purchasing and procurement. Becky’s 25 years of leadership experience managing both people and processes […]

Blog Series, Part 1: Resetting and Designing the Lake By Industry Experts Aaron Cushing and David Beasley, Fisheries Biologists We recently began working on another fun and exciting fisheries management project, this time in southern West Virginia, helping to design a trophy fishery from start to finish. To take advantage of this and other unique […]

SOLitude Lake Management restored the recreational pond at Camp Holiday Trails, a camp in Charlottesville, Virginia for children with special health needs, to a healthy waterbody that can be safely used by the campers. Through our outreach and sustainability program, The SOLution, we coordinated the donation of products and services to complete the second and […]

Written by Industry Expert David Ellison, Aquatic Biologist Sometimes lake and pond managers are called upon to look at waterbodies that are completely covered in some form of aquatic vegetation. Usually, the entire surface of the lake is completely green and the pond owner assumes that they have an algae problem. While pond algae is […]

Protecting the Chesapeake Bay watershed has always been a concern of ours and one of the focuses of our industry. Nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus wash into our waterways via stormwater runoff and contribute greatly to poor water quality.  All of this nutrient runoff works its way through ponds, lakes, streams, and rivers within the watershed […]

Is your pond looking it’s best through this summer heat or are nuisance aquatic weeds, algae and mosquitoes wreaking havoc? SOLitude Lake Management recommends you consider the following tips as you enjoy the summer season on your lake or pond: • Warm summer weather seems to bring out the best and the worst in ponds. […]

Written by Greg Blackham, Aquatic Specialist For those of you struggling with phragmites and invasive species control, you know how frustrating eradication goals can be. Traditionally, the main focus of a phragmites management program is herbicide treatment in the fall. During the fall the plants take up more herbicide than at any other time of […]

Establishing a forage base that is self-sustaining should be a primary goal of pond and lake owners. A good way to achieve this is through supplemental fish feeding. Using automatic feeders filled with pellet feed is an ideal method to feed many species of forage fish. The additional food source will give your bait the […]

Written by Bob Lusk, Editor Pond Boss Magazine It’s common to receive a phone call at Pond Boss world headquarters from a new pondmeister ready to stock fish in a brand new pond. As the discussion unfolds, it’s not unusual to hear the following comment, “I don’t need minnows because I can see them everywhere.” Minnows […]