Cecil and AP --
Many thanks! I keep hoping this stuff will sink of its own accord when cold weather arrives -- but our winters have been so mild in recent years, it just may keep on growing (as it did two winters ago). No, I guess I better launch the jonboat (it has about 15 minutes of flotation time before its fills and swamps) and see what I can haul in.
Cecil, as you know, this stuff is incredibly heavy -- one hay fork full is like lifting a cubic foot of water.
But on the plus side, my trout have made it through another Virginia summer. Some seem a bit skinny; but most appear to be healthy. Over the past week or so, the trout have begun to crowd out the sunfish and catfish I had been feeding during the latter part of summer.
I'll start fishing my trout again in a week or two. It will be interesting to see if any of the brookies made it through. -- Mike
