Staff

Johnny Foster

Johnny is the owner and namesake of the business. He graduated from North Carolina State University and worked for the University for 9 years advising clients about growing fish and managing ponds. He resigned from the University and started his own company in 1983. Through roughly 25 years of experience, Johnny knows the techniques and products that can help any lake or pond owner. His commitment to making sure customers are completely satisfied has led to their repeat purchases and referrals.

Ryan Stanley

Ryan is the Manager of our Lake & Pond Management Division. A graduate of Western Carolina University, he has excellent experience controlling algae and weeds throughout much of the Southeast. Ryan truly enjoys explaining concepts, which are sometimes pretty complex, to clients and customers. He also puts considerable effort into learning new techniques and maintaning contacts that help him manage lakes and ponds for productivity and attractiveness cost effectively.

Mitchell Morton

Mitch manages our Fisheries Division and our retail product sales. He is a graduate of North Carolina State University, and he can blow a mean saxophone. Mitch uses his friendly attitude to determine a customer's objective and recommend an appropriate fish stocking strategy. An impressive variety of species, sizes and distribution techniques allow him to satisfy almost any customer's fish stocking needs. Furthermore, virtually any product desired for lake and pond management can be picked up at our office/store or shipped directly to the customer.

Patti Salevan

Patti is our Office Manager and Chief Bean Counter. She not only takes care of all bookkeeping and billing, she manages all correspondence and has become quite knowledgeable answering customer questions. Patti's pleasant personality and attention to detail really helps keep customers happy. She also does a great job keeping the rest of us focused and efficient.

Sandy Foster

Sandy manages our day-to-day communication with our service clients, retail customers, and vendors, as well as keeping our shipping process operating smoothly. Her friendliness and openness are key to our customer satisfaction.

Bryan Wallace

Bryan joined our staff in the summer of 2000 after graduating from North Carolina State and Central Piedmont Community College. He is currently our primary field technician for the management of our Charlotte and Greensboro/High Point area ponds.

Mick Ribault

Mick started full time with us in July/2001 after working several summers as an intern while attending North Carolina State University. Mick's experience will be put to use in our fish population analysis as well as utilizing native aquatic plants to help filter local watersheds.

David Hargroves

David joined us in January of 2002 after moving up from the state of Florida. He has an Environmental Science degree from UNC at Charlotte and six years of field experience in pond and lake management. David is currently the primary field technician managing our Greensboro/High Point area accounts, but spends most of his time working in the Raleigh area.