Another "caption this photo" contest!

[Yooper]

"I brew beer. But I drink milk and juice. Until I'm older."

T shirt for my boys! AWESOME!

I know!!!! I just cracked up. He's not even 3, and he brews beer. His mother just gave me "that look" though!

 

[DrunkleJon]

Bob and I are still laughing. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, now for the real story.

Bob has this "thing" about tossing in some small native fish each spring when I open the pond. There are a couple of small bluegills in there, as well as a little rock bass.

Two of the bluegills grew fast (all the goldfish food, I suspect!) and became very very aggressive towards my goldfish. I tried netting them out, but couldn't catch them. Bob was able to catch them with a piece of worm, while avoiding the goldfish, so we got the aggressive bluegills out.

The pond is very shallow in some places, but over three feet deep in the area he was "fishing".

Here's a photo from earlier this week:
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It's sort of a pain, because I have to haul the fish in the house in the winter, and then reset it all up in the spring, but I just love that little pond and waterfall so I do it every year.

Yooper has the fountain, err... puddle of youth in her yard. Look what it did to Bob when he fell in while trying to fish.

 

[hungry4hops]

Caption for the first photo= "this lake makes my rod look huge!"

 

[arturo7]

Here's Bob, taking the "eat local" movement to an extreme.

 

[Yooper]

Here's Bob, taking the "eat local" movement to an extreme.

Bob is going to love that one!

 

[Homercidal]

Bob knew it was brew day, but the urge to fish was just too strong to ignore.

 

[thejudge]

Bob and I are still laughing. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, now for the real story.

Bob has this "thing" about tossing in some small native fish each spring when I open the pond. There are a couple of small bluegills in there, as well as a little rock bass.

Two of the bluegills grew fast (all the goldfish food, I suspect!) and became very very aggressive towards my goldfish. I tried netting them out, but couldn't catch them. Bob was able to catch them with a piece of worm, while avoiding the goldfish, so we got the aggressive bluegills out.

The pond is very shallow in some places, but over three feet deep in the area he was "fishing".

Here's a photo from earlier this week:

It's sort of a pain, because I have to haul the fish in the house in the winter, and then reset it all up in the spring, but I just love that little pond and waterfall so I do it every year.

Go get mom ol'yeller! Grammy "n" Pappy fell in the well!

 

[TyTanium]

Practicing.

 

[Homercidal]

As this secret photos reveals, Yooper Brewing Company has started test batches of a Two Hearted clone. Here Bob is shown preparing for the marketing photo shoot.

 

[texcan2000]

I'm looking forward to the perch stout!

 

[WVbrewer]

Yooper, not to turn this into a pond maintenance thread, but I have a pond of similar size. I used to remove all the fish to a winter tank as well, until I found a "trough heater" at the local farm supply store. In winter I turn it on for a few hours a day just to create a hole in the ice for gasses to escape. The fish go semi-dormant until spring and are happy and healthy. Just a thought to save you on some labor.