Wow..I am really suprised that the HSB can become so hook-shy in a small pond. Sounds like they deserve a serious demotion on the catchability scale \:\) , and maybe i treated CC a bit too harshly \:\) Mine is really kind of a delicate situation. My wife doesn't like to eat fish, so i don't want to be constantly removing fish. So, i guess i will have to just live with a stable population of predators (maybe SMB only), that i fish for only very occassionly. Maybe every 6 weeks or so.Sounds like i need to get a fly rod.