this site has some of the smartest people i've ever seen.

thank you for the replies everybody. i'm a moron when it comes to humor but i sure enjoy watchin you brilliant kooks......does the GSA stand for "goofy society of america"

its a old pond left on its own. the last time i fished it hard was early spring and the fishing was off the hook good. except for an occassional lunker, the original bass were skinny w/ big heads and the 10 incher shown above is a fat healthy fish that i guess is feeding on the baby bass. every winter the creek runs and replaces the pond water, but this winter and spring was so dry i dont think the water got replaced, and the water level is so low i think it turned septic.

the link you posted only shows what i call normal weeds. i know that FA stuff, and the stuff pictured above is different. there's at least 3 different kinds of weeds that were always in the pond, this new stuff is going away but it has a definite blue green color and breaks apart into small pieces very easily.

i'm thinking there was some kind of oxygen crash event which also released this stuff from growing on the bottom. there is way too much of a coincidence with missing fish and this new type of moss. the biggest fish are the most susceptible to an oxygen crash correct? if they spawned this spring, there could be thousands of babies but no adults left except the very few 10 inchers that survived the crash. there were fish to 11 pounds in this pond before, and so many numerous fish 10 to 14 inches you could barely pull the bait in without getting hit. the pond is a friend of mines who wants to remain anonymous and i dont visit it but only every couple months. my friend complained they dont see fish anymore so i went down to check it out and the pics above are what i found. i've been visiting this pond for over 10 years and during every part of the seasons and never seen this stuff before.

edit..forgot to answer toms question....no, no poachers possible, too many guns around here.



Last edited by mortimer; 08/18/08 02:36 PM.
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