Hi, Cecil --
I always enjoy your posts and find them most helpful and informative.
Sorry your bass are off their feed. Summer here in Virginia is hot this year ... and very, very humid. But we're not suffering the drought you all are enduring in the Midwest (we had that from 2000-2002, thank you); nevertheless, the heat has been pretty intense and sustained.
The upside is that the "bonsai" bass in my spring-fed, 1/4 acre pond have never fed better. They're avidly taking pellets (Zeigler Gold 3/8" pellets - 42% protein, usually intended for my trout) and just about every damsel fly within reach.
Alas, my poor rainbows are gasping up at the inflow where the water comes in from the spring. It's so distressing I've given up taking surface temps at the pond, and have cut feeding back to once a week. Looks like it's going to be a long hot summer for my poor rainbows -- any suggestions to help keep them cool and comfortable?
How are your trout faring?
