Originally Posted by Sunil
Yesterday when I went to the neighborhood pond, a familiar Great Blue Heron was standing on the trash guard of the stand pipe. After I arrived, he majestically flew away, and then a Green Heron, who I'd never seen before, flew out of a bush and across the pond to another bush.

We had substantial rains over the past week which rose the water level up by about 2'.

And on a sadder note, Wally, my buddy HSB, shed his mortal coils and left this world. He was 24" or so, and maybe 6 lbs. esshup may post a picture of him for me. Wally, "if I don't see you no more on this world, I'll meet you on the next one, and don't be late. Don't be late.'

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Thanks, Scott!!

So, my shoe is 11" long, so Wally is a bit over 24" in my opinion.

After going to my neighborhood pond today, I realize I've had a fish kill. I saw three adult bluegill that were floating, one of which had a turtle-mouth-shaped missing piece of flesh. The water was, as always, very muddy after heavy rains, and today, things had cleared to where you could see the fish clearly at the surface, but they were not hitting feed much at all. I saw some adult bluegill grazing, and a few smaller LMB taking some feed, but no larger fish like CC, Blue Cats, or HSB.

The pond is also teaming with fry and they seem to be LMB, or at least, not bluegill as they are longer.

I also got to my main pond in Somerset today, Things look good there, and I caught a 2-3 lb LMB in a few casts.

Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."