There's a little pond -- I've written about it on FAOL several times -- that I fish regularly. I know it has been fished heavily last year by others, much to my dismay.

This spring, I see lots of motion, but very little catching. What I see is fish moving under the water, just below the surface. I can't actually see the fish, though, I see the "v" of their movement. Bunches of them.

They won't bite. I'ved tried poppers, gurgles, Jitterbees and other nymphs, boogers, scuds, you know it. They pass right next to it an ignore it. I still pick up the odd small bass or bream, but usually along the edges. These moving fish are mostly, but not always, in open water.

What the devil do I have here? Could it be carp? I never saw signs of carp before. This is a privately-owned pond but not managed and the owner allows anyone to fish it. It was good until this year becaues of it's relatively obscure location, though like I said, more people fished it last year than I ever saw.

R

------------------
[url=http://www.native-waters.com:b7c80]http://www.native-waters.com[/url:b7c80]