Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations Dead Brown Trout

Hello everyone,

Today I found this dead brown trout floating in my pond. As you can see, it's extremely skinny. I have many other fat trout in the pond (pellet fed), so I'm wondering if this one just never found the pellet area and died eventually from not enough natural forage. There are bass that accidentally got in the pond from a neighbour that ate most of the natural forage. I'm wondering if this is a case of simply not finding enough food or if there could be a disease I should be concerned about? Any insight is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.