I'm not a regular poster here essentially because I don't have a pond yet, but that will change soon. Not as big as my dream pond, but I could practically sit beside a mud puddle and be happy. Anyway, I guess my member name is obvious, but these days a little misleading. I was kayaking when kayaking wasn't cool. I bought a sea kayak way back in the mid 80's - alot of people then didn't even know what it was! Anyhoo, starting a business ate up alot of my paddeling time, but I used to go all the time. These days I let a friend keep it at Lake Gaston. It's been there a couple of years, and I'm starting to get the urge to paddle again......