Appreciate as always your take on the issue, Cecil. You make some points that hit home in my scenario - I think the GBH are only taking my GSH and since my pondweed explosion I'm seeing far fewer signs of their presence than the last two years. Guess they have left for easier pickings as my vegetation probably presents some major issues in their hunting efforts. I haven't seen fresh tracks or their scat around the pond for several weeks.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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