messed up bass

My first post.... I have a small pond and have a muskrat living there. I am not to worried he will get the fish I am worried his tunnels will mess up the walls of the pond.

Fishing could be tough since its only about 3/4 of a acher. I think some of the fish know as soon as you begin fishing but some dont or dont care. I seem to do best being extreamly quiet and throwing the lure on the shore and sneeking it into the water. If there is a clump or some cover and you sneek the worm off the bank if your not looking its over a bass nails it in less then a second. Also at night would be a good bet. The thing about catching the fish that are on the beds is this. If your in a big public place and want to bed fish go right ahead, just release them but in your baby just leave them alone. Watch them learn what they do and why they do it. Overall it will make you a better fisherman then getting one fish to bite. There doing a job so let them do it and next year and the year after there are more bass for you to have some fun with.

Why not put some channel cats in the pond. There cheep and will do fine on there own but if you feed them...look out. They will bite when our weary bass wont and they can get pretty big fast. Not to mention they are great to eat so you feel ok taking a few here and there. just replace them every once in a while.

just to get things clear... I dont kill beavers for the fun of it, but when they block up my inlets and outlets it causes problems to my lake. I haven't had otters, but beavers on the other hand are a different story. As for wounding instead of quick killing, it's the only thing that worked. I was tired of trapping and I really don't have the time to catch every single one that was there. One wounded and dead seems better to me than killing the 7 different ones that were in there and new ones making homes every week.

I'm not one to think killing is the way to solve everything, but it seemed to take care of my problem, and as inhumane as it may be, I'll do it again before I let it become a nuisance like before when I thought they were cool to watch and stopped up the waterflow to my lake.