First trout after ice-out - 03/31/07 03:15 PM
Thanks Bruce Condello and Theo Gallus for your replies on my New England Trout Pond msg last week.
As you suggested, my concerns of winter-kill were premature. Below shows the 17" trout I caught after work yesterday pm. Pretty healthy looking, although I still don't know why their feeding activity was/is essentially not observable.
One of the things I learned from Pond Boss was that with small ponds - as you see mine is - managing a self-sustaining warm water species population is tough. So I chose put-grow-take with trout. Last year's six-inchers are now 17 inches. Not too bad.
Good water clarity following ice-out as well.
Here's the pix. As said last week, pond is small (~1/4 acre) but well aerated.
As you suggested, my concerns of winter-kill were premature. Below shows the 17" trout I caught after work yesterday pm. Pretty healthy looking, although I still don't know why their feeding activity was/is essentially not observable.
One of the things I learned from Pond Boss was that with small ponds - as you see mine is - managing a self-sustaining warm water species population is tough. So I chose put-grow-take with trout. Last year's six-inchers are now 17 inches. Not too bad.
Good water clarity following ice-out as well.
Here's the pix. As said last week, pond is small (~1/4 acre) but well aerated.