I wasn't sure what category to put this question in, but I am hoping someone has had a similar situation and can share their experience.
We recently had a huge rain that caused our 2/3 acre pond to flow out the emergency spillway. The flow was approx 18 inches deep and 8 to 10 feet wide. It was fast enough to wash out a very small, unsecured footbridge I had put over the muddy spot (the spillway usually has a trickle coming out).
I had stocked the pond with a large number of HSB last summer and am worried I may have lost a lot of them. I did catch one very nice specimen in a cast net after the flow stopped, so I am hopeful some are still here, but they are very hard to catch on hook and line.
Does anyone know how likely these fish are to go downstream at events like this? When I stocked them, they fought the outflow from my transport tank and I had to net them out of it, again, a hopeful sign. Thanks for any and all input.
