Mike, I would like to take temperature readings to track the thermoclines, track spawning temps etc. as the plants develop and the pond matures, so I want to have accurate readings at different depths. I'll give you a call in the next couple of weeks. I'm assuming the trout died as they have disappeared. I never saw any on the surface. Caught a few in the early spring fishing. If you recall last year you gave me a small amount of fish food which I fed sporatically to take an informal fish count. Never saw any after springtime. If you recall we took oxygen readings at the dock and below about six feet there was 0 oxygen with the water temp at 55 degrees. It could be that the thermoclines developed last year in such a way as the trout couldn't survive because the bottom temperature certainly remained cold enough for them through the summer. Maybe as the plant life develops the oxygen contain in the water will change in such a manner as to support a population.

THOMAS R. NESHEK