Well the gentlemen in question came down to the house an spoke to the wife. (I�m offshore) he apologized to us an offered to pay for the fish. He is distant neighbor and we do sometimes have a beer or borrow each others equipment and he was under the assumption that we wouldn�t mind if he and the grand kids wet a line���.he was mistaken! As I said before I bear some of the responsibility as I have let him deer hunt a few times and water fowled with him twice (on our land) and have always been very forthcoming with him. He did not realize that I am NOW A FREAK about my pond and possessive about my fish! I will not shoot him this time and I shall put up more no trespassing signs soon. After we finish building the new house there is a fence and gates going up as well�����tall fences make for great neighbor�s ! The best thing to come out of all of it is his wife has a big mouth and she will tell everyone I am nuts about my pond and a dangerous man when it comes to my pets be it my HBS, LMB or my bullfrogs!

PS I spoke to my mother this evening and she reminded me that when I was a kid that I drained a mans farm pond and haul seined his fish and moved them to my grandfathers pond�.as the man that owned the pond wouldn�t let me fish in it. I bailed hay for 3 summers for that stunt and wish to God the old doctor that owned the pond were still alive so I could tell him how truly sorry I am!

shoot'em in the lipps