| Marie,
When your brain has rested please consider how you are going to deal with birds. The herons and egrets will take a few, but you have to be prepared for the cormorants and mergansers. They hit those ponds and it's lights out. King Fisher's also will work the ponds constantly. If you loose 20 fish a day (very conservative) then that adds up to 7,300 fish a year. If those are culled fish that's a good wallop. You can loose that number overnight if a flock lands. Oh yeah, American Pelicans as well. They are a treat to watch. They land as a flock and start at the edges of the pond and heard everything into a tight ball in the center. Once there they gorge themselves. It's the opposite for most diving birds. They work from the center out where the Herons and Egrets are waiting along the shore. Also, brood stock can be taken by Osprey and Bald Eagles. I don't want to scare you, but plan for it. |