I caught most of the fish and transferred them to a neighbor's pond. I was able to clean out an area about 30'x10' and 5' deep with the excavator. Most caught with rod and reel some with a throw net.mostly cc up to 20 pounds the larger ones died earlier most of the smaller fish were probably eaten as the pond went down. But I had some black bears come in and pull some out eat their fill and the coyotes and vultures cleaned up.
