Callen and Lucas Are My New Fishing Buddies…..Wyboo Creek, SC…..6/29/2025
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Ah, the life of a pondmeister.... finding a "floater" in your pride and joy pond. The simple fact is, fish die. And as much as I lie awake wondering if I'm witnessing the start of something horrible, chances are it's just due to stress, caused by the extreme weather conditions, the rigors of spawning, and possibly by catch and release.
HBG fight very hard, and in water that's 95 degrees at the surface, its bound to be hard on the fish, which is why I try not to fish this pond.....trouble is, I'm weak!!
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Comment by Leo Nguyen on August 5, 2012 at 6:34pm
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RIP..in the frying pan. You've done a great job nonetheless to get him to be that large.
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Comment by Tony Livingston on July 31, 2012 at 7:03am
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Dick I'm thinking the same thing. I would swear I recognize that unique dorsal fin, although I looked back through my photos and didn't see it. I had hoped that catching it earlier might have accounted for the mortality.... I'll keep looking.
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Comment by dick tabbert on July 31, 2012 at 5:02am
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Tony was this fish caught before I thought I seen a picture of it earlier.
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Comment by Jim Gronaw on July 30, 2012 at 9:09pm
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Still a great fish!
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Owning and managing your own water is at once peaceful, yet stressful.....exhilarating, yet exasperating.....rewarding, yet draining......simple, yet problematic.
There's a saying among diehard pond enthusiasts, folks far smarter than myself, that claims you're not a true pondmeister until you've managed to kill your first batch of fish.
I haven't killed my first batch yet, but the spectre breathing over my shoulder is enough to keep me up a lot of nights.
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Comment by Lee on July 30, 2012 at 7:12pm
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You found that one floating in your pond? He looks healthy, hope nothing bads happening. I envy yall guys that have ponds you can manage has to be a great feeling to raise a strong healthy Big population of fish, maybe someday I'll retire to somewhere that I can have a couple.
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Comment by Vince Fusco on July 30, 2012 at 7:02pm
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I would be weak too, knowing my pond had fish like that swimming around in it.
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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on July 30, 2012 at 6:45pm
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Just a toad Tony!
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