thanks bruce, and thanks again to everybody else who welcomed me.
well after reading the responses again and thinking about it, i'm not saying the moss killed the fish, but i'm standing behind whatever caused the blue green moss to occur (which has never been seen in this pond before) must be directly related to the drop in the fish population that had been so steady for so many years.
we had a really bad rain season followed by alot of wind early this summer followed by the worst smokey skies you've ever seen that lasted for weeks due to fires...mostly through june. there's no doubt theres places in that pond with no oxygen. theres no kind of aeration, i'm sure it stays cold on the bottom and warm up top all summer like it always has until the rains come, which really didnt happen much this last winter. the pond is big enough that the fish always had shallow places to cruise in summer, which is why you could always see them, but they are not there anymore. its about 5 acres full and 3 acres by the end of summer, every year the same as its always been except for the lack of fish this year and that nasty dang blue green stuff.
on the other subject of lucky bass......how much damage you reckon that healthy little bass will do to a small pond full of bluegills.....1 fish a day, 10 fish a day, 20 fish a day? there's lots and lots of fish of all sizes from babies to at least 8"
