does the GSA stand for "goofy society of america"
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.
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.
First things first -- GSA - the dreaded Green Sunfish Association -- don't mess with them! Maybe JHAP can explain.
If your bass had big heads and were very skinny, it indicates one of two things. They either didn't have enough forage, or there were too many bass -- or, more than likely, both. You haven't mentioned what else is the pond to feed the bass. Are there some type of sunfish for forage? Culling bass and making sure the forage fish are reproducing and growing is the common cure.
If someone checks on the pond fairly regularly, it is doubtful you had a big fish kill. Large numbers of large bass would have floated to the top. If the pond is continually going down in level, at a minimum, you sould have seen skeletons on the shoreline.
Ken
