Ice will be gone Sunday, for sure. I'll check surface temps. It seems like the water stays a bit cooler in this pond. Maybe it's because last summer, was its first summer. It was on the cooler side last summer, which was ok with me,, in August. Might be a different story this summer now that it's on its second summer. (Not sure how age could be any factor, but the big lake a mile west of us (17,000 ac Mark Twain lake) was warmer than our little one ac pond.
12 yr old pond, 1 ac, 15' deep. RES, YP, GS, FHM (no longer), HBG (decreasing), SMB, and HSB (only two have been seen in 5 yrs) I think that's about all I should put in my little pond. Otter attack in 2023.
