For 15 years I never had a winter fish kill until 3 years ago when we had a long freeze with snow cover like this one we are experiencing now. I had a lot of big fish then and all were killed except for one grass carp and a few bluegills. So I have some hope that some fish may be alive to restock the pond. As soon as the ice is off the pond and the water warms a little I will launch the boat and using my underwater viewer I will look for any life in the pond. The ugly part will be raking in the dead bull frogs and disposing of them. Because my tadpole population will be low I will probably have a lot of algae this summer. I'm sure I will have to replace my grass carp. Now is the time I wish I had a lot of crawfish to help clean up the dead fish and frogs.
The foam island has survived the under the ice deep freeze and looks good. Blue foam is tough stuff. It has survived two winters and summers so far.
Last edited by John Monroe; 03/18/14 12:46 AM.
