> Yesterday around noon I had some company over. Trying to lure the gars
from
> the depths of the pond with hookless crankbaits to no avail, we decided to
> just look around the pond and see what was going on with the smaller
> denizens. A banded pygmy sunfish made himself apparent as he dashed up
and
> stopped in the middle of a flat rock for a minute. Of course killis and
> minnows were active just under the surface. We then noticed a light spot
on
> the bottom in the sand next to some Lilly pads, the same place the
warmouth
> spawned last year. I stuck the fishing pole in the water and one mouth,
> then two started snapping at it. A pair of warmouth were on the nest. I
> wish the water was clearer so we could have better watched what was going
on
> down there. The more I think about it the more it appeared both fish were
> guarding the nest. I have not seen this before, and it didn't happen last
> year when the water was clear. It may have been that they were just done
> spawning and the female was still around, but that still doesn't make
sense.
> Hopefully my algae clumper starts working and the water clears up better
so
> I can see what is going on more than a foot deep. This stuff is pretty
> good, it take suspended algae, and particles, and makes them clump
together
> and settle out. It takes about two weeks to totally work. I used it the
> last two years and it was awesome. I just need more patients. It has
done
> some good so far, as a week ago I could only see down about 3 inches. I
> plan to build a settling pond to help filter the water. Once a pond is
> established ( like my killi pond out front) cloudy water seems not to be a
> problem. There is a haze in the water, but it will clear up. Abundant
plant
> life seems to do the trick. That doesn't eliminate string and floating
> algae's though, I will have to get ahold of some barley straw to take care
> of those things.
> Ray
>
>
>
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