Yep, it's a bit mossed over, but it's definitely a wound. Pretty sure the heron got her.
Mrs. Augie has made it abundantly clear that there will be no murdering of the herons, so I'm limited to throwing rocks and cursing as deterrents.
Before the cold snap chased all of the fish back into the deep earlier this week I'd been seeing several large schools of 1/2"-3/4" sized fry swimming around. I'm hoping those are perch. I'll start trapping for them in mid June. I've seen a lot of what I think are YP taking pellets when I feed. They hang near the bottom and streak through like little turbo subs. Estimate them 5"-7" size, and the behavior isn't anything like what the shiners do when they feed, so I think there is hope.
The RES that I stocked the last week of June definitely pulled off a spawn. I've been catching a few 3/4"-1" size in the torpedo trap. Probably have 15-20 of them incarcerated now. I've been tossing them into the 2'x6' cage and feeding them smashed up Optimal starter.
