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It's been a minute or two since I've updated on here. All is good, fish seem to be happy and wanted to share a few pics and a status. I did end up stocking some Rainbows last fall to the toon of 60lbs in the 4-7" range along with 50lbs of Golden Shiners. Just before the 2 year anniversary from stocking I was able to find enough time to do a little sampling. Just the one LMB was caught.

May 2026

16" @ 2lbs 10oz - 116% RW


Aug 5, 2026

Made it out the to pond today. I was thinking I was going to bring home some BG but it seemed as though the top BG in the pond are 9" and short of a 1lb mark. I opted to check the status of the LMB to see how things were looking there after catching 20-25BG.



16" @ 2lbs 9oz - Culled
15.5" @ 2lbs 4oz - Culled
16" @ 2lbs 8oz - Culled




17" @ 3lbs 8oz - 127%RW Released


I'd really love to start pulling a few BG out but hoping to get them in the 10" size before starting that. Possibly a project for next year.