08-30-2013, 04:21 PM
Was out at FLP Wednesday morning fishing the top pond. Saw some guys in an aluminum boat trolling around the bottom pond so I went to check it out. There were 4-5 NDOW guys down there netting the fish (BIG nets). Rumors were they were going to completely drain the lower pond. Not anymore. They need to fix an intake vent/pump on the lower pond that circulates water back to the top pond that's been broken for years. However, they can't drain the pond due to risk to the razorback sucker (endangered I guess) so they're going to have a diver go in and fix it. They are relocating the game fish (bass & cats) to the upper pond (less predators for the suckers was their reasoning). I was watching as they were removing and weighing the fish, some 6+ pound LMB were in the lower lake. They believe the dead ducks were due to avian botulism from some of the ducks transferred over from Lorenzi. Anyways, looks like only good fishing in the top pond for a while until the the baby bass left over in the lower pond grow up.