On the pond grass, we have much more than last year. The grass carp were maybe 8" each and we only got 3. Speaking with trout people earlier this year, many told me that Brookies are actually char and are love to eat and since ours are so big they will eat anything below 10". Where we can see the bottom, there is no signs of smaller fish. Last year we found a tiger salamander and hoping that the Brookies didn't eat them.
We were told that if the grass carp are still alive, the grass would have been more controlled this year compared to last year.
Thank you for your replies on the grass carp. I do hope they are still alive since there are none available near us.