Here in Az we suffered alot of warm/hot days and had a very dry summer last year.

We hardly got any monsoon type weather. Thus, a local pond I like to go to almost dried up all the way.

I figured with the little water that was left,that all the fish in the pond would be bunched up and struggling for oxygen. That and the fact that that the little bit of water in the pond got so hot,I figured the pond was doomed.It had a thick blanket of algae covering it as well.

So far,we have a good runoff into the pond from the melting snow from the mountains and its refilled again to capacity.

I went to walk the bank today to look for any activity.I saw plenty of Green Sunfish,Hybrid Sunfish and Bluegill. This made me happy,but what I wanted to see were Bass.

I counted probably 6 small Bass sitting on beds and 1 fish that may have been 13-14 inches,also sitting on a bed.

This was only on one side of the pond. So things look promising that this fishery may continue to thrive.Im not sure how many larger fish there may still be in this body of water,but im hoping these smaller ones get a chance to grow up.This pond is not managed,not stocked,so its a self sustained body of water.

Not of any specific importance,I just wanted to share my findings.

thats good to here i hope it stays up i dont know what id do if my fishin hole dryed up

Hopefully it'll make a good comeback for ya and you'll be catching them in no time!   

It happens here too time to time and it always comes back even better over time.              BB