Brewsky
New member
- Joined
- Jul 4, 2020
- Messages
- 16
- Location
- Falls Creek, PA
- Tractor
- Branson 4220i, Ford 1520, MF 1710 TLB
I had a pond dug on my property a few years ago and had a similar discussion with the excavator operator, who had put in many ponds. He as well had similar theories as to the source of the "new" fish that showed up in every one of his installations. The next spring after my pond filled and before I stocked it, I found a dead rainbow trout on the bank. I assumed it was a joke by one of the locals until I started to pull out small, but legal, trout during that spring. No one in the area could believe the trout could be there or could survive in a warm water pond. It continued to be a local mystery for a number of weeks until we found the culprit- a young fellow who always fished a close by creek and was trying to be a good neighbor by quietly sharing his catch into my pond! I doubt any of the trout survive.