Fished again yesterday and today. In MO you can only turkey hunt until 1:00. So it leaves us time to fish. Caught a good sized GS. Went ahead and used him for bait. Big SMB hit him on first cast. But spit him up (dead) before it could be landed.
Daughter caught 2 or 3 very small YP, so I must have had some successful recruitment last summer.
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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