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Spring 2019 Pond Audit and Electrofishing Tour



Spring 2019 Pond Audit and Electrofishing Tour

Over the past couple of months we conducted pond audits with electrofishing in ponds all over Iowa. Our customers (Home Owners Associations, campgrounds, and private pond owners) were able to see firsthand what fish species and sizes they have in their ponds allowing us to provide stocking and harvest plans that will help them reach their goals. Concerns over invasive vegetation were also addressed with a bit of education and mitigation plans for the control of unwanted plant species.

We met a lot of new people, saw some great ponds, and had a lot of fun. A pond audit with electrofishing is the best way to learn about the fish population and overall health of your pond. Contact us via our Online form or Or call (319) 350-2918.

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It’s Time to Feed Your Fish

It’s Time to Feed Your Fish

A lot of things about pond management can be very complicated—pond vegetation control, and keeping your fish population in a healthy balance to name a couple. But growing trophy sized fish can come down to a simple fact. Feeding a high-quality fish food like Purina® Aquamax® (Largemouth, MVP, 400, 500, 600) will help your fishery become the thing of legends. Bjornsen Pond Management recommends and sells the complete Aquamax product line. We have years of history with Aquamax, feeding it to fish in our own ponds.

When we design a custom feeding program for you, we emphasize the following:

  1. There is a significant difference in the quality of commercially available fish foods. Many are full of bulk fillers—fillers that will not contribute significantly to the growth of your fish. Aquamax fish foods are high in protein for fast muscle growth.
  2. There is really no such thing as “one size fits all” fish food. We feed various sizes of food—smaller pellets for panfish, and jumbo “largemouth” pellets for bigger fish. It is a fact—big fish want big food. We see this every day as we run different pellet sizes in feeders side-by-side. Smaller fish are attracted to the smaller pellets. While big Bass and Catfish devour the large pellets.
  3. We inventory Aquamax in our shop, and we strive to have food available to you at all times. You can pick up your bags directly from us, or we can ship bags to you.
  4. Feed consistently. If you follow our feeding plan, the growth of your fish will follow.

It’s Time to Feed Your Fish!

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Free Shipping On All EasyPro Aeration Systems

Free Shipping On All EasyPro Aeration Systems!

We are now offering free shipping on all EasyPro Aeration Systems! This is quite a savings as many of these systems are large and heavy.

Consider these positive affects of aeration:

  • Fish require adequate dissolved oxygen levels. It is challenging for them to survive in an oxygen-deprived habitat, especially as water temperatures climb. Deeper, colder areas of your pond contain higher concentrations of dissolved oxygen. Aeration will distribute that cooler, oxygen rich water to areas of warmer water breaking down stratification in the water column. Aeration allows fish to inhabit the entire lake as opposed to only a specific stratified layer.
  • Proper aeration will improve water quality. In oxygen deprived (anoxic) conditions, bottom sediments release various gases and metals that can cause water quality problems. Aeration will allow for many of the factors contributing to poor water quality to be released at pond’s surface.
  • Aeration will reduce Phosphorus concentrations. Phosphorus is one main culprit in creating and sustaining large algae blooms. Once phosphorus enters a pond’s ecosystem it is very difficult to remove.
  • Adequate aeration will break down unwanted bacteria.
  • Aeration removes foul odors by circulating the water and adding dissolved oxygen.
  • Aeration helps with mosquito problems.

Today is a great time to add more aeration to your pond. Remember, Bjornsen Pond Management is offering Free Shipping On All EasyPro Aeration Systems!

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2019 Pond Information Meeting

Attend our 2019 Pond Information Meeting (free) and take your pond to the next level!

Kevin Bjornsen of Bjornsen Pond Management will be appearing Thursday April 25, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. at a free pond information meeting at Fin & Feather, Iowa City, Iowa.

This is a great opportunity to meet with Kevin and ask him any questions you may have regarding:

  • Electrofishing
  • Vegetation control and water quality
  • Aeration
  • Fish stocking and fisheries management
  • Land management including wildlife habitat enhancement and nuisance species control

Also appearing will be Nate Herman of Herman Brothers and a guest speaker from Fin & Feather’s fishing department.

Mark your calendar for April 25th!

Fin & Feather Location: 125 Highway 1 W, Iowa City, IA 52246

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2019 Eastern Iowa Sportshow

Bjornsen Pond Management will be attending the 2019 Eastern Iowa Shortshow, March 15-17, 2019 at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

The snow is melting and the ice is going out! And, this is the perfect time to bring your questions to our team. Pond audits with electrofishing and fish stocking are the current hot topics. We are also fielding many questions about pond vegetation control, fish feeding, and the addition of recreational water features like docks and swim pads.

UNI DomeAs always, you can contact us via our Online form or call (319) 350-2918. Or, better yet, come visit with us at the 2019 Eastern Iowa Sportshow.

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2019 Iowa Deer Classic Show

Bjornsen Pond Management will be traveling to central Iowa to exhibit at the 2019 Iowa Deer Classic Show, March 1-3, 2019 at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa. We have participated in this show in the past and it has always been a great show. We had the opportunity to meet with so many of you last year and we look forward to catching up with you again. And, of course, we also forward to meeting new pond and fishing enthusiasts.

What is happening under your ice?

Come visit with Kevin Bjornsen from Bjornsen Pond Management to talk about what is likely happening under the ice on your pond this winter and what you can expect to see this spring when the ice goes out. A warm early winter—followed by record cold temps—followed by record snowfall has created an interesting challenge for pond owners and managers. Warm spring temperatures will give us all a glimpse of what we will be dealing with as we go from spring into summer. Kevin would love to meet with you and to learn about your concerns—whether it be fish populations, explosive weed growth, or pond enhancements for the warmer months ahead.

If you can’t make the 2019 Iowa Deer Classic show, we will be at others in eastern Iowa in upcoming weeks:

We are putting our schedule together now for pond audits with electrofishing, and fish stocking for Spring 2019. Contact us via our Online form or Or call (319) 350-2918 to reserve your spot on our schedule! Or, better yet, give us a call and come visit with us at the 2019 Iowa Deer Classic show in Des Moines.

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We look forward to meeting with you at the 2019 Iowa Deer Classic show and getting to know you and your pond needs!

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2019 Cedar Rapids Sportshow

The Bjornsen Pond Management team is looking forward to spring and will be attending the 2019 Cedar Rapids Sportshow, February 8-10, 2019 at Hawkeye Downs Expo Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Let’s get together to talk ponds, lakes, and fish—anything to get us past this blast of winter! While it may not feel like it now, spring really is on its way.

We are putting our electrofishing schedule together for Spring 2019. Contact us via our Online form or Or call (319) 350-2918 to reserve your spot on our schedule! Or, better yet, give us a call and come visit with us at the 2019 Cedar Rapids Sportshow.

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And, if you can’t make the Cedar Rapids show, we will be at others in central and eastern Iowa:

We look forward to meeting with you at the 2019 Cedar Rapids Sportshow and getting to know you and your pond needs!

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Think spring! 2019 electrofishing signup

Think spring! 2019 electrofishing signup

This is a perfect time to look ahead to spring and summer. Soon you will cast a line hoping to catch one of your trophy fish. When they bite, are they the hogs that you imagined? Or are they are smaller than expected? You know the fish were once there. But are they today? How many? What size? And what is the makeup of the other species that support the growth of your trophy sized fish?

As we are under winter’s grip, think ahead to what you would like to learn about your pond’s health. Now is the time to go beyond a “hunch” and really learn what is going on beneath the water’s surface. A pond and lake audit with electrofishing will give you the real story. It will give you data—data that you can use to make intelligent stocking decisions.

We are already putting our electrofishing schedule together for Spring 2019. Contact us via our Online form or Or call (319) 350-2918 to reserve your spot on our schedule! Or, better yet, give us a call and come visit with us at one of our upcoming winter shows:

We look forward to getting to know you and your pond needs!

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