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My new favorite pastime is walking around my pond with a flashlight at night. If you haven't done this in a while I encourage you to do so. Especially if you have young kids or grandkids. Mine love it. For example tonight we discovered that the crawfish have segregated themselves. The Red Swamp crawfish I stocked from the grocery store a few months ago (who I haven't seen any sign of until tonight) have claimed the north side of the pond as their turf. The native crawfish are all hanging out on the south side of the pond. I stocked 35 LMB 3 weeks ago and I think I saw all 35 of them swimming around the banks like sharks chasing FHM and small BG. I think my FHM must have spawned because I saw so many it is unreal. Everywhere I shined the flashlight a school of FHM would scatter out of the light. I think I also discovered that the fish in my pond prefer willow piles to cedar piles. I created several cedar brush piles a few weeks ago and don't see any fish in or around them. A few nights ago a storm knocked several willow trees and branches into the water and I saw fish all over that stuff. I say all of that to say you can learn a lot about your pond just by walking around the banks with a flashlight. Things you would never be able to see in the daytime.
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I would like to, but I don't see well and I have a bunch of. Water moccasin. My pond is also over grown and hard to walk around. I wish I could though.Did you see the Bull Frog I posted?
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I did. Can you hear them at night?
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I did. Can you hear them at night? Yes, a few nights ago. About the time the June Bugs showed up.
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That's cool. I have frogs but haven't seen or heard any bullfrogs.
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I also like to walk around my pond at night. In one of my old threads there are a bunch of night pictures of bullfrogs, peeper toads, snakes, etc. Lots goes on at night around the pond. Not to mention mosquitoes later in the season.  Spring is the most pleasant time for me with all the frogs/toads out. Also a good time to spot things like muskrats, deer, coons etc.
Last edited by snrub; 04/01/17 12:21 PM.
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It's been a long time since I walked around mine at night. I need to do it again.
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
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