Put 12 lbs of copper sulfate down on the FA. Then started raking in the area where the grandkids fish. Took out many pounds of slime. Found this guy in the slime! I stocked maybe 20 of them three years ago, and haven’t seen one since. I thought my SMB had cleaned them out.


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