Well, back in the early spring, we released 1 million golden shiner fry into our little 4 acre pond because the fish we were catching were really underweight. They were downright skinny!
By all observations, it seems that our forage project was a huge success and we now see lots of minnows. Our bluegill also seem to be thriving better than ever - our hypothesis was that our bluegill were the only forage so they were all being eaten by the LMB.
Since we're broke - can't afford any kind of professional services and our pond is impossible to seine due to all the timber in it - we have to rely solely on "creel surveys". LOL! That's the most scientific term I can use for the fact that all we've got to go by is what we can catch with a rod-and-reel.
But, the LMB fishing has gone from "pretty good" to "just about nothing". The thing is, when we do catch a LMB, it is FAT! All our recent catches have been fish that are porkers - huge bellies like they've been sitting around watching football and drinking beer all day!
So, my question: did they stop biting because they aren't hungry any more?
