Tossed a pint or so of Optimal BG in the bait pond this evening. Good numbers of smaller-ish BG/HBG came up to feed. Didn't notice any with the fin fungus that I saw on the one the other weekend. Also didn't see any that appeared to be in the 6"-8" size range. I expect that most of those bigger ones croaked while the pond was iced over for 8 weeks.
The fish in the cow pond appear to have done very well over the winter. A quart of Optimal around dusk had the water boiling with feeding fish and was gone in short order.
I still have a 26 ton heap of 4x6 rock that needs to be tossed into the pond. I'd hoped to be finished with that by now but it was just too stinking cold in February for me to have any interest in throwing rocks. The ground is completely thawed now and is way to soft to even think about driving the tractor anywhere that needs to be mowed. So I'll have to wait until things dry out a bit before I can put out what I hope will be the last load of rip-rap.
