Seem to Have Lost my Bream Population - 03/31/13 10:55 PM
Had a few guys come over Friday to fish the pond since one of them lost his boat axle on the way to the spillway basin. They ended up pulling 4 bass from the pond between 4.25 and 5 pounds. While they were bass fishing I went to the front ditch and scooped up some small crawfish for some bream fishing. Usually the bream cannot resist the crawfish. Not a bit or nibble on the crawfish. I also notice the last few weeks when throwing the bream some food none came to eat. I had a bunch of water turkeys,(Anhinga) attack the pond when I was at work for well over 2 weeks. I counted over 18 in the tree on my days off. I was finding dead bream each day after my wife indicated they birds were in the pond. I have trouble believing the birds wiped out my entire population but the evidence seems to indicate this. I think that's why the guys fishing the pond were able to catch the bass so easily. I am now worried by bass will starve. Is it possible these water turkeys took out my entire bream population? Anyone else experience something like this?