Hey Rainman,
I too would rather catch BHs from streams rather than from my pond, but they have completely disappeared from every where around here. I can't find them and any one that I talk to doesn't have a clue as to where any are or what happened to them. They used to thick as hairs on a dogs back in every mud hole you could find, but not any more. I know that this sounds good to most folks, but for some reason, I'm just not as sane as most.
As far as what I want from my pond, just to get it back to where it was when I was a kid. A place that any one with any skill level can sit down and catch a fish or two. I've got the PFs,LMs, and the CCs well on there way. My neighbor kid had a ball on hand size BGs and SCs yesterday, with a few red bellys also. I'm just missing that middle fish that's a little harder to deal with than PFs. That's where the BHs come in. It's a run off pond with nothing but rain water to fill it and generally stays just bellow full. The only time that it flooded was when we had that "1000 Years Flood" here a few years ago. It rained every day for 2 weeks and then poured down 1"-2" an hour for 24 hrs. I was told that the pond went over the spill way for the first time then, but heck, most folks around here were looking for an old guy in a big wooden boat and some animals to come floating down the street about then.So I would say that the chances are slim that it would ever again, but then anything is poss. And as far as the BHs muddy'n up the place, it really can use it. Most of the time the water is too clear. If you can see them, then they can see you.
I've loaded a few pics in "Photo Gallery", but can't figure out how to move them over here yet, so you can see them there. Thanks for the interest.
Mike
