update - i caught two little (3") BG fish last weekend. :-)
temperature is now in the high 60s, and the fish are jumping at sunset trying to get bugs on the water surface.
i'm having 50 nine inch LMB and 1,000 eight inch BG delivered on saturday.
one thing i noticed is that my cattail plants aren't growing at all. i think my elevation is too high. i'm going to try transplanting some grasses from a nearby beaver pond.