One of the strangest things that has ever happened to me occurred this evening. I had my hip waders on and was placing pond structure (PVC trees and bluegill condos) when a fish jumped out of the water almost 2' and nearly hit me. It scared me and also made my day as I was worried the fish in all 3 of my fiarly new ponds did not make it through the very low water that has existed since the pond was built (we've had alomst no significant runoff in 18 months).
I continue walking along the edge of the pond (in about 3' of water when another fish jumped out of the water at me. I couldn't believe my eyes. This happened a total of 4 times - 3 on one pond and one on another. Each time the fish almost hit me! No other fish were jumping in the rest of the pond.
Couldn't tell what kind of fish it was. All the ponds were stocked with bluegill, LMB, channel cats, redears, and a couple grass carp - in 2005 and 2006. The fish attaking me were all about 4"-6" long - I'm guessing they were either bass or bluegill, but can't be for sure, because each time it scared the crap out of me.
Could these be fish protecting their spawning beds...are they really that aggressive in protecting them??? Any guess on what type of fish it would be???
Thanks, John
