They live!!!!
 

A couple of months ago our pond was visited by a great blue heron...we
tried to chase him (her ?) away to no avail, just kept coming back.
After he finally left, there were no fish in site other then a couple he
managed to stab with his beak and kill but not extract to eat.

About a month ago I had to go in to the pond with my waders....no fish
in site.

Yesterday, was a stunningly warm day (set a new record here in Newark,
Delaware of 72F!) so out I went again to get some leaves out that had
gotten into the pond, remove a dead frog, and some general maint.
work....lo and behold my wife lets out a yelp of joy as 3 fish showed up!

Probably not good that I disturbed them, but we're so thankful that at
least some of our stock survived!

Jerry

They live!!!!
 

Nice to hear they have made it!

Jim

They live!!!!
 

Your lucky,
Since Jan 1st, I have been visited several times by a great blue. Yesterday
I found him with two fish, despite my fishing line strung across the pond. I
hope the rest are hunkered down in the deep end. I guess I have to switch to
plan "b".
Rich K southeast,pa
"Jerseyj" wrote in message
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A couple of months ago our pond was visited by a great blue heron...we
tried to chase him (her ?) away to no avail, just kept coming back.
After he finally left, there were no fish in site other then a couple he
managed to stab with his beak and kill but not extract to eat.

About a month ago I had to go in to the pond with my waders....no fish
in site.

Yesterday, was a stunningly warm day (set a new record here in Newark,
Delaware of 72F!) so out I went again to get some leaves out that had
gotten into the pond, remove a dead frog, and some general maint.
work....lo and behold my wife lets out a yelp of joy as 3 fish showed up!

Probably not good that I disturbed them, but we're so thankful that at
least some of our stock survived!

Jerry

They live!!!!
 

In article ,
Jerseyj wrote:

A couple of months ago our pond was visited by a great blue heron...we
tried to chase him (her ?) away to no avail, just kept coming back.
After he finally left, there were no fish in site other then a couple he
managed to stab with his beak and kill but not extract to eat.

About a month ago I had to go in to the pond with my waders....no fish
in site.

Yesterday, was a stunningly warm day (set a new record here in Newark,
Delaware of 72F!) so out I went again to get some leaves out that had
gotten into the pond, remove a dead frog, and some general maint.
work....lo and behold my wife lets out a yelp of joy as 3 fish showed up!

Probably not good that I disturbed them, but we're so thankful that at
least some of our stock survived!

Jerry

Provided they have a place to hide, fish have the instinct to avoid
these predators. Mine stayed at bottom of ponds for weeks after the
heron visited. I initially thought only a couple fish were left. Turns
out that darn near all of them survived.

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