We think someone snuck in there and fished them out. I also saw a CC about 24" swimming in there and I personally had every single fish in my hand that was stocked (and looked closely at). Another pond on the property had 2 LMB show up suddenly, each 14" long which just happens to be the minimum size that one can keep from a public BOW. So, bucket stocking is/was going on. HBG also showed up at all ponds when none were stocked, and in the case of 2 of the ponds, no BG were stocked either. Just RES and YP, along with SMB. It's a good 1/2 mile walk to any house in the area through the woods.
Dang it, I thought you were giving out some information about cross-species competition. Instead, it was another post about a$$hole trespassers!
Reading your description of the pond management efforts on the property, your client has spent tens of thousands of dollars on his fish, only to have miscreants thwart his goals.
