I finally got to my pond yesterday.
Water temp was 55. Visibility was about 3-4'.
My bait store didn't have shiners or fatheads, so I was forced to use nightcrawlers.
I caught many bluegill, several YP, and a 5" smallie. I had a LMB on for a few seconds that was about 3-4 lbs.
Visually, I observed the following:
1) Two dead HSB. They were both very white in color. One was on the bottom in about 3-4' of water, and the other was wedged in a sunken tree branch in about 10" of total water depth. These might have just been due to old age.
2) Five large HSB waiting for me to put feed out, yet I had no feed.
3) Saw at least (5) of my grass carp. They are about 3' long.
4) Schools of crappie gathered in tight brush.
5) LMB, SMB, YP, Bluegill, and Bullheads, and turtles.
6) A large white sucker maybe 14-16" long.
AND.....wait for it.......
7) A 20" Northern Pike that I didn't put into the pond!
