When I stocked my new pond in July 2009 I put in 30 HSB just for fun. In April of this year I caught one but then I went all summer without catching any. I have been dissappointed that maybe something happened to them....until this weekend. My water temperature had fallen significantly but I fished for a little while on Saturday and caught my first HSB in 8 months. It is strange that during the summer when I was catching LMB, I never caught one HSB. Now that it has cooled off I catch a HSB.

Is there any logic behind this? Are HSB more active when the water temps are cooler? I am happy that I have at least one, but I just feel that I should have been catching them during the summer.