Understanding the Food Chain in a Lake w/Shan O'Gorman - FNG Minicast

On this episode of the FNG podcast, Fisheries Biologist Shan O'Gorman sits down to briefly discuss the nature of the food chain in a typical bass pond. From understanding the microscopic organisms that fuel the lake, an angler can better assess the waters in which they fish. This helps us understand how and why a healthy ecosystem is crucial for Bass survival and overall health. A smarter angler is a better angler. We hope you enjoy this minicast.

[@mickeywilson8045]

Always Great info thanks

[@FishNorthGeorgia]

Thank you!!

[@mickeywilson8045]

Fish North Georgia loving the new mini cast

[@adamcawley8693]

I could listen to Shane's voice all day.

[@ronabner1577]

Thanks for the interesting information

[@FishNorthGeorgia]

Glad you enjoyed it! We hope it helps.

[@drafish]

Really interesting show. If I ever get a pond or lake I am calling Shan.

[@BrandonBReelKillerFishn]

This was cool , I wish I could do this type of vid

[@merrickmcclure6058]

Great job on a detailed packed video. My thoughts of Lathem are the bio possibly changed when the introduction of the Golf Course came around as well as the support the reservoir management team and their efforts. Enjoyed watching men.

[@FishNorthGeorgia]

Thanks!! Yeah that is an interesting thought.

[@mikegardiner3934]

Awesome content packed in there Danny 👍 By the way, love the hat.!

[@FishNorthGeorgia]

Thanks!!

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

One thing I wanted to add here is when you have excessive nutrients coming into a lake. In more fertile areas of the country you can’t fertilize lakes and ponds because there is already excessive amounts of nutrients coming into the water. In this scenario the phytoplankton go wild growing because of the nutrients but too much of a good thing is bad. At night when the plankton starts using oxygen it uses up all the oxygen and fish die. So if you see a lake or pond with dead fish and it’s really green with 1-2 inches of visibility the problem is probably low oxygen at night.

[@BrandonBReelKillerFishn]

I'll be darned I actually learned quite a bit

[@FishNorthGeorgia]

I'm glad you did! We learn something new every time we chat with Shan

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

I double checked myself and I was wrong about a statement I made. When discussing overcrowded fish populations I said that gizzard shad and bluegill can release a pheromone to stop reproducing. That is incorrect, I do not see anything in my books where bluegill can stop reproducing. Gizzard shad can stop their reproduction with a pheromone, bluegill can not. Bluegill probably continue to spawn and eat that spawn. Bluegill are ruthless little fish, when hauling them in tanks if they sense weakness in another bluegill they will bite its eyes out. That’s very common behavior for bluegill in tanks. Mean eye biters