One ponder lady who lived next to a large nature pond said she saw a heron
down a ~24" carp. Took it 30 minutes to get its mouth shut over it. All I
could think of was, where's the coyotes (also in this area) when you need
them? ~ jan

On Mon, 17 May 2004 10:36:14 -0400, (steve evans) wrote:

We live in extreme Southern Michigan and had a very moderate winter.
Until this year we have never seen a bullhead in the pond. Our bluegills
were as large as 9-10 inches and our bass were 14-15 inches.
As far as overfishing, I doubt we have taken 25 fish out over 20 years.
I love to see the herons come and they can have whatever they need, I
just can't imagine they need the larger fish. As I said, we are seeing
more algae this year, so I am checking into that.

(Do you know where your water quality is?)