Calculating Pond Size  

The surface acreage equals the length in feet, times the width in feet, divided by 43,560. You can usually regard an irregular shaped pond as a rectangle or square and compute the area from straight boundary lines, which are about equal to your actual shoreline.

Measure the total distance in feet around the outer edge of your pond. Multiply this number by itself, and then divide by 547,390. Your answer will equal the surface area of your pond.

Fish Stocking Rates

 Fish Management Presentation

Recommended Stocking Rates per acre, of fingerling-size fish for new or renovated ponds:

Stocking White Amur -  White Amur are primarily used for controlling vegetation such as Milfoil, Marsh Grass, Pondweed, and Naiad.

Stocking Suggestions:

Other Helpful Resources

Comprehensive Pond Info:

Ohio Pond Management Handbook

OSU Extension Outreach: Ponds, Fisheries, & Aquatic Management

Fish Kills

Pond Plant Management:

Midwest Pond Plant Reference Chart

Aquatic Plant and Algae Management Presentation

Most Current Aquatic Herbicide Tables

Chemical Control of Aquatic Plants

Herbicide Chart

Pond Plants: Friend or Foe? - Bob Griesmer

Using Grass Carp to Control Aquatic Plants

Harmful Algal Blooms:

Harmful Algal Blooms in Ponds: Causes, Concerns, Management - Eugene Braig

Field Guide to Algae and Other "Scums" in Ponds, Lakes, Streams and Rivers - Miriam Steinitz Kannan and Nicole Lenca

2014 OEPA -Algal Toxin Analysis Information

Coping with Geese:

Conflict Management and Damage Prevention Strategies

Human and Goose Conflict presentation