On Mar 1, 3:18 pm, Jim and Phyllis wrote:
Congratulations. How exactly did you trap it?

Jim

I was washing dishes and happened to glance out the window and saw it
sitting munching on something. Called for Ralph and between the two
of us we netted the critter with a fish net. It had run up the water
fall and into the veggie filter, which was almost completely frozen.
So the critter couldn't get back into the water. It hadn't gone near
the trap. Ralph disposed of the critter. We know there is a hole in
the pond, at least one.
The ground is now covered with the latest snow fall. It is still
coming down - the prediction is for up to a foot of snow. I'm just
happy that the muskrat is no longer in the pond. I think the sound of
the waterfall attracted the animal. We will return to just having the
airstone and bubbler from now on - no more running water during the
winter, which we have done in the lower pond for 3 years now.