Coupla years back we had just got the bass pop up to a catch and fry size in our small lake/pond when we had a snowy winter. When the ice went out we had more seagulls than a MacDonalds parking lot. The kids took out the boat and reported dozens of dead bass on the bottom. Once the sun got to them they would bloat, float up and become seagull lunch. Haven't caught a bass since. Our lake has 75% shallow water(2-5')25%deep(30') with wild water lilies and great masses of Chara that die in the heat of August and float to the surface(the chara) as a stinking anerobic mess. I finally came up with a plan to remove these and will be stocking more LMB come summer. The ice should be all off in 3-4days. Pat
