It is sort of scary, when they were juveniles they would bump up against us when we were walking in the water around the edge of the pond. Didn't bother anyone until later when we finally caught one and saw the teeth, but by then they had stopped. Fun fish to catch, there is what appears to be cartilage along the bottom of it's tail. I think that's what gives it the power to be such a good fighter.

1/4 & 3/4 acre ponds. A thousand miles from no where and there is no place I want to be...
Dwight Yoakam