bz, I'm sure I already have some fatherless children fishing my pond. The thing is that they are not grateful, but I don't mean to slight the wonderful thing you did for those kids.
I did see something interesting or odd at my pond this last weekend.
Some of the large Smallmouth bass I had stocked about (50) days ago have paired up and made spawning beds on certain ledges adjacent to deep water.
On one of the beds, there were two large smallmouth (one was in a 45 degree slant with the head facing down; I read that this was part of the mating/spawning ritual). These two large smallmouth were being accompanied, escorted, or chaperoned by one big largemouth bass. He was just sitting on the bed with them. Every once in a while, the LMB would run off some bluegill.
