NE Mason,
That is some awesome landscaping. If you find yourself with a little spare time, I have lots of rocks -- and my property needs a heck of a lot of beautification.
It is interesting that you are just starting your trout season, and I am just ending mine. I figure I need to get the last of my trout out over this upcoming weekend. But, they sure have been fun. It hit 80 last Friday and Saturday. It will again this coming weekend, although it is supposed to go down into the 20s tonight.
Not the greatest eating when compared to big bluegill or catfish, but the thrill of the the trout's winter feeding, and the dances they do when caught -- priceless. I hope to get my wife's 82 year-old aunt and the grand children out this weekend to get the last of them out of the pond. My grandchildren (including my wife and me) really love feeding them.
I figure I've got between 20-24 remaining in the pond. They range between 11 and 15 inches -- just like the fish in these pictures. They didn't grow much since last October, but as said before, they sure have been fun. We'll miss them.
I've been taking out a couple each evening lately. I've been "butterflying" them and giving them to friends. Everybody seems to be glad to get them -- at least that is what they say.
