what is the absolute best cover to drop

**peepaw** · 02-11-2014, 08:11 AM

I have not misrepresented any facts and have NEVER stated in the five years we have been in business that our habitat is better than anything else.

Where has anyone said guys are killing their waters with brush?

Loss of dissolved oxygen is only an issue on small waters, without streams. creeks or springs to feed it fresh water.

Nimrod asks: "How can they improve water quality?" The answer is clear. Nutrients stick to surfaces underwater and convert into periphyton..algae of sorts. This "fuzz" is the highest form of food for fish in their first year, and all fish eat it and need it. It grows on ALL SURFACES, incliding plants, wood, rock, metal and plastic. The more surface area available, the more fuzz can grow, taking these nutrients out of the water column, cleaning the water and feeding the critters. when wood rots away and plants die off, this surface area is lost.

A thousand times over, our advice has always been to mix it up with all types of materials, we know fish use different stuff at different times of the day, month and year.

If one material was "Better" always and all the time and we could prove it, then we would only use it.

Is Shimano "better" than Garcia, Penn or pflueger, or do they all work well and have dedicated consumers?

**INTIMIDATOR** · 02-11-2014, 09:29 AM

And I did not say, you stated plastic cover is better....you just state things slanted towards plastic...and I understand why.
"Natural Brush material adds to the nutrient load"
"Plastics have more surface area to grow fish food"
"Plastic like Rock improve water quality"
and that was just part of 1 post!

PVC is a Polymer created by linking large molecules to smaller molecules, the small molecule is VCM or Vinyl Choride, which is a known poison and cancer causing agent. Typically PVC still contains unreacted VCM...since '77 and the new specs you are allowed 2mg per liter to be considered safe!
Some studies show VCM and other molecules can leech under full sunlight in shallow water...due to the UV light...I have no firm data on this.

A christmas tree with all it's little branches and leaves will have more surface area and provide more natural benefits to the enviroment....but, it is used up quickly!

You can Aerate a small pond cheaply and easily, small ponds normally are fine with vegetation giving off oxygen, aerobic bacteria need oxygen also to break down nutriets etc, to convert into more oxygen.

You have surface and subsurface ways to circulate and Oxygenate water, that is more efficient than what PVC can do to improve water quality.

A small lake full of Natural vegetation or natural cover is not going to nutrient overload, without being fed by large amounts of Phosphorous from run-off, etc!

I use PVC in harmony with hardwood and other natural cover, due to the amount of acres we must cover, and the amount of time we have to do this, we cannot keep re-doing 2500 acres every 3-5+ years...if I had my own smaller, personal, backyard pond, I would think in a different way. PVC is a great choice for long lasting cover...period!
Thanks for the discussion....it's -7 degrees (without the windchill) and quite chilly outside. With over a foot of snow on the ground still.... Our lake is under 12-15 inches of ice and it will be April before I will be able to fish it!

**peepaw** · 02-11-2014, 09:52 AM

Well said!!! Yes, this is how we all learn to be better stewards of our waters and catch dinner while we do it! Good stuff.

I got you beat......18"-24" snow left and our lake has 29" of ice!!!! Who's jonesin' for some warm backwater and spawnin' slabs???????

Here's another good read from my friend Bruce kania, owner of Floating Island International, which touches on water quality, surface area, water movement and more....good stuff!

**INTIMIDATOR** · 02-11-2014, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by peepaw

Well said!!! Yes, this is how we all learn to be better stewards of our waters and catch dinner while we do it! Good stuff.

I got you beat......18"-24" snow left and our lake has 29" of ice!!!! Who's jonesin' for some warm backwater and spawnin' slabs???????

Here's another good read from my friend Bruce kania, owner of Floating Island International, which touches on water quality, surface area, water movement and more....good stuff!

Nice read!

What most people don't think about is that there is a FIXED AMOUNT of water on plant earth....at any one time there is water in the sky, in our holding tanks/vessels, in ponds, lakes, oceans, and Ice....there is very little though, that is safe enough for human consumption!

For whatever reason, we have polluted or contaminated the water required for life...we had better figure out quickly, how to be good stewards of that water, or we better develope better purification and salt removal systems, if we are going to endure!
MANY PEOPLE are learning about water systems through fishing...create a healthy habitat for fish and you create one for yourself!

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