Favorite pond = fishkill :-(

[buzzbaiter]

Well my worst(fishing) fears came true. I thought this cold winter and extended period of thick ice would cause fishkills in this pond and I was right. I drove up to today and was glad to see it was ice -free. Well soon thereafter my joy disappeared as I spotted dead fish after dead fish. The smell was there too. If it was summer, it would have smelled really bad. Anyhow, lost track of how many dead bass. at least 30 in the 1/2 hr I was there. Most were half eaten by bears & raccoons. It really is a terrible thing to see. The pond was simply too shallow and with the thick ice killing off plants(no sunlight), the fish ran out of oxygen. Sad. All of the dead fish were adults(bass over 7" and sunnies over 5") so I have hope some smaller fish did survive to repopulate it. I saw nothing alive today but I really didnt expect to given 35F water temps.

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