Ice out! A long snowy winter has finally given us a break and the ponds are opening up.
I saw several schools of FHM cruising the shallows. They are likely all that is in this pond now. Maybe some crayfish. I just got my stocking permit, so I�m going to try to add BG and YP this summer. I will likely inherit GSF from a pond upstream, but I didn�t see many after the drought last summer. The only predators I can have are CC, BC and LMB. I�m thinking of trying to single sex LMB after the BG get better established. Our water is cool enough that BG only seem to get one spawn.
I figure all this flooded sage brush should give the FHM lots of places to spawn.
Not much different from last fall.
This was taken above the upper pond looking down valley. All the water to fill the lower pond went through the upper, so I seem to have a pretty good supply of aquatic bugs already.
View of the new pond from up higher. Hoping to figure out a way to get some drone pictures soon.
Next project, sand for a swim beach.
