Very confused right now. Ice went off my ponds Sunday of last week. Found 4 dead NP, 1 BCP, 2 BG in the top pond. The BCP, BG's number of winter deaths;pretty typical for winter stress in my ponds.
What is puzzling are the pike deaths. I can't figure out why the pike winter killed. Last fall I stocked a total of 10 pike. I believe the water has warmed up enough that if I had a big winter kill I would see 100's of other species floating or laying on the bottom.
I did place a trap in the big pond and caught BCP,YP,BG, and BH. I plan on setting the trap in the top pond this weekend
