"Sue Alexandre" wrote in message
news:xXbHa.9059$8p2.4206@lakeread04...
Hubby bought me a new, improved 1.5 million candlepower rechargeable
spotlight for my "midnight pond checks" and I saw three different things
tonight,not sure if they're good or bad.

First, found a dead fish. I NEVER see dead fish in my pond, and this guy
is
a bottom sucker or something that has been there for 3 years that I think
my
kids caught in a nearby brook. It was about an inch long when they
brought
it home, and it was probably 7 inches long tonight. It bothers me and
scares me that it died, since I don't know why.

May be the crayfish you mention gettin' hungry, or it may be that it is a
species that needs faster flowing water (you mentioned the kids getting it
from a brook).

HTH

--
Brian
"Stuck down a hole, in the fog, in the middle of the night, with an owl."