well tahnk you all for the responses. i actually live in alaska and my son lives on the property now. i was there last week and we started to clear some of the trees around the pond. i have noticed alot of small minnow sized fish around the banks and when i purchased the proberty last march i was there and there were what appeard to 100's of small minnow like fish there. so i think there are fish in there but who konows what kind or quanity. we actually did throw a lne in 1 night with a crawfish on it and the nest morning the line was broken so who knows turtle/ catfish?