Had a pretty good fisherman fish my pond last week. He caught 9 SMB in about five hours. Three were original stockers. Obviously bringing in some new lures helped. But how they were fished made a difference also. I’m still no where near pre otter days with SMB numbers, but there may be more left than I thought. On a sadder note, our drought continues. Way behind on rain, pond is down 3’. Food plots for the deer and Turkey are doing poorly. Oh well, it has to rain again sometime, right?
12 yr old pond, 1 ac, 15' deep. RES, YP, GS, FHM (no longer), HBG (decreasing), SMB, and HSB (only two have been seen in 5 yrs) I think that's about all I should put in my little pond. Otter attack in 2023.
