Here Fishy Fishy

It seems as though this cold hard winter was much too much for some of the fishies in our pond. We usually lose a fish or two over the winter, but we have never had a loss like this.  As the ice started to recede, we noticed lots of dead fish at the surface. Our bluegills didn't survive the winter.  It is super sad! Mr. Yesteryear Acres and my son began to scoop out bucket loads of dead fish today.  We filled the front of our front-end loader several times with our dear departed fish.

My son off to the sad job

The fish are all frozen to the ice right below the surface

It looks like we lost all of our bluegill

Once the rest of the ice melts we will have to rake out the rest of the fish 

Blossom and I say it smells yucky!

Mr. Yesteryear Acres and my son spent most of the afternoon in the rowboat raking out the fish.  We are crossing our fingers that the bass and the little fishies made it.  We haven't seen any signs of them yet but there is still hope.  Here Fishy Fishy!  Looks like we will have some re-stocking to do. That was one long cold February! Poor Fishies!