Here's one a little better. We didn't get it weighed or measured. Had my daughter (pictured) and her 3 yr old twins, at the farm the last few days. Caught 20+ nice HBG, 7 YP, countless GSH, and three SMB. This was the biggest. No elusive HSB. Let the GSH go, and only kept one SMB. It had a weird bend in its body. Right before it's tail fin it had a curve. I wonder if a heron hit at it when it was younger. Only a few ducks still hanging around (instead of the 100 or so wood ducks seen a few weeks ago. The drought continues. My pond doesn't really look that different from all the neighbors. Down about two feet.


I know she shouldn't hold the fish that way. It was only for a minute or so, to get a picture.


9 yr old pond, 1 ac, 15' deep.
RES, YP, GS, FHM (no longer), HBG (going away), SMB, and HSB (only one seen in 5 yrs) Restocked HSB (2020) Have seen one of these.
I think that's about all I should put in my little pond.
Otter attack in 2023