Fisher Farms

Your pond,managed by biologists.

Electrofishing surveys, stocking plans, and habitat work that turn a pond into a fishery worth fishing. Serving landowners across the southeastern United States.

What We Do

Everything that goes into a healthy fishery — measured first, then managed.

Electrofishing Surveys

Boat-mounted electrofishing gives a representative sample of what's actually in your water — catch rates, size structure, and relative weight by species.

Stocking Programs

Bluegill, redear, threadfin shad, crawfish, hybrid striped bass, channel catfish, trout — sized to your goals and your pond's productivity.

Habitat Installation

Dense shallow-water cover using natural materials and long-lasting artificial habitat, so young forage survives to feed your bass.

Aeration Design & Install

Bottom-diffused systems sized to surface area and max depth. Surface aerators and decorative fountains where they fit.

Vegetation Management

A plan matched to what's actually growing — enough cover to hold forage, not so much that you can't fish or swim.

Water Quality & Liming

Alkalinity, pH, dissolved oxygen, and visibility measured on every visit. Agricultural limestone where fertility needs a lift.

How A Survey Works

One day on the water turns into a year of direction.

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    We Survey The Water

    We run the boat, shock the shoreline, and measure every fish we bring up — length to the quarter inch, weight to the gram. Water quality readings go in at the same time.

  2. 2

    We Read The Data

    Relative weight, catch rates, size structure, and forage balance tell us whether the fishery is on track or headed the wrong way — and exactly which lever moves it.

  3. 3

    You Get A Real Plan

    A written report with what we found, what concerns us, and a prioritized set of recommendations with costs and timing. Plain English, not biologist jargon.

What's In Every Report

No guesswork and no boilerplate — every recommendation traces back to something we measured on your water.

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Every fish measured to the quarter inch, weighed to the gram

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Water quality parameters recorded on every visit

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Outlook projected in every report, with and without the plan

Serving landowners across the southeastern United States

Recent Work

A sample of the water we've been on — from a three-quarter-acre bass pond to a twenty-two-acre lake.

0.75 acresFall 2024

Quality bass fishing

What we found: A young bass fishery stocked the year before, growing slowly on a thin forage base after a muddy start limited plankton and spawning habitat.

The plan: Liquid lime, bottom-diffused aeration, artificial habitat, and a forage rebuild — bluegill, shiners, and shad.

6.5 acresSpring 2025

Balanced family fishery

What we found: A balanced population held back by excessive vegetation growth crowding the shallows and limiting access.

The plan: Hands-on vegetation treatment guidance, grass carp stocking, and six automatic feeders to push forage production.

22.6 acresFall 2024

Trophy bass potential

What we found: A large lake out of balance — an overabundant bass population competing for a limited forage base.

The plan: Targeted electrofishing harvest paired with forage supplementation and habitat work sized to the acreage.

Details anonymized. Every plan is built from that pond's own measured data — never a template.

Questions We Get A Lot

Does Electrofishing Hurt The Fish?
No. The current temporarily stuns fish so they float up where we can net, measure, and weigh them. They're released alive within a couple of minutes, aside from any we harvest on purpose as part of the management plan.
What Does A Survey Cost?
It depends on the size of the water and how far we travel. Tell us the acreage and roughly where you are and we'll give you a straight number before we schedule anything.
How Long Does It Take?
The survey itself is typically a single visit. The written report — findings, concerns, and a prioritized plan with costs and timing — follows after we've worked through the data.
Do I Need To Be There?
You don't, but it helps. Walking the bank with you while we work is the fastest way for us to understand what you actually want out of the water.
How Often Should A Pond Be Surveyed?
Most fisheries benefit from an annual survey while a plan is actively being worked, then every other year once things are tracking. Consistent data is what makes the trend meaningful.
Where Do You Work?
Across the southeastern United States. If you're outside that and still interested, reach out — we'll tell you honestly whether we're the right fit.
For Other Pond Managers

We Built Our Own Software. You Can Use It Too.

Field-ready surveys that work off a phone, reports drafted from your own past work, route planning for a full day of stops, and a customer portal that makes you look the way you actually work.

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Let's Look At Your Water

Tell us about your pond — size, age, what you're hoping to catch — and we'll tell you what a survey would look like.

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Fisher Farms — Pond & Lake Management