my grandson came over to help with some garden jobs… he cut down baby elm trees, emptied rain barrels, and then spent a lot of time trying and catching the sneaky fish in the pond…

after a few minutes, we decided to pump out a good portion of the water, hoping it would make the catching easier, lol…

it did, a bit… the fish still found all the nooks and crannies amongst the rocks…

eventually he caught most of them and we are down to about six left… so far we haven’t been able to catch any of the babies…

later in the afternoon I sat on the bridge with my feet in the pond, not moving at all… after about fifteen minutes I gave up… not a single fish went by… the minute I stepped out they swam right past, lol…