Was it a surprise to catch one, or was it a surprise to catch one in your LMB/BG pond?
I had a week of really hot weather last summer, surface temps got to 90 degrees and I lost at least half of the WE I stocked the previous fall, I found 23 of the 55 that I stocked floating. I figure I lost all of them and the ones I didn't find never floated, this was the first WE I have caught since that happened. My pond is only 1/4 acre so there isn't a good cold water refuge area in the summer. 90 degrees is the upper temperature limit for WE.
