My present trout pond has no trout in it (no fish at all) and is heavily dyed to keep bottom vegetation from getting out of hand. I just couldn't scrape together the change this year to purchase the 125 adult brook trout I wanted to plant. I may still plant in the fall though.

Perhaps it may have been a good thing this summer even though I flow in well water when I have trout. I do know they are heavily irrigating in my area and Scott (Esshup) says some of them are pumping up to 500 gpm. Perhaps I could have run into water issues by pumping my well 45 gpm 25/7?

Farther south and east of here where ground water supplies are not as bountiful I'm hearing of wells going dry.

If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.