This is a man made pond about 30ft x 30ft. It has been in existence for about 20 years. We had hundreds of gold fish and probably at least 20 green frogs. This year we noticed the fish were very slow to start showing (they never did). We had a bunch of frogs but now we are down to 2. Yesterday my
Aunt noticed a large fish dark in color (she is saying about 2 feet long) that seemed to be caught in the shallows. He broke free. Then she noticed a smaller one...I'm talking smaller is 8 inches, thin..almost like an eel. Ok so she has a problem with her eyes so we all thought she was seeing things so today I went down and threw some bread in the pond which has always brought the fish up in the past...Nothing..I kept watching the pond and all of the sudden a fish(?) lept partially out of the water 3 times. I saw about 12" of him and to be honest with you didn't get a really good look but thought I saw a slight gold tint to his sides. I kept watching the pond and realized that he is the culprit as to why the pond is so murcky because as he swims around(you can see swirls in the water) he stirs up the bottom. The center of this pond is over 4 feet deep and very muddy. My questions I guess are what could he be and the mosquitos are getting out of control because of the lack of fish and frogs. Anything we can do? We don't want to restock the pond and just be feeding this creature. My Aunt is afraid it is a snakehead but I didn't think he looked like any of the pictures I have seen. We live on Eastern Long Island, NY and the bay is about 200 feet away from the pond. Oh and the Mother goose will not let her goslings in the pond...Weird
Aunt noticed a large fish dark in color (she is saying about 2 feet long) that seemed to be caught in the shallows. He broke free. Then she noticed a smaller one...I'm talking smaller is 8 inches, thin..almost like an eel. Ok so she has a problem with her eyes so we all thought she was seeing things so today I went down and threw some bread in the pond which has always brought the fish up in the past...Nothing..I kept watching the pond and all of the sudden a fish(?) lept partially out of the water 3 times. I saw about 12" of him and to be honest with you didn't get a really good look but thought I saw a slight gold tint to his sides. I kept watching the pond and realized that he is the culprit as to why the pond is so murcky because as he swims around(you can see swirls in the water) he stirs up the bottom. The center of this pond is over 4 feet deep and very muddy. My questions I guess are what could he be and the mosquitos are getting out of control because of the lack of fish and frogs. Anything we can do? We don't want to restock the pond and just be feeding this creature. My Aunt is afraid it is a snakehead but I didn't think he looked like any of the pictures I have seen. We live on Eastern Long Island, NY and the bay is about 200 feet away from the pond. Oh and the Mother goose will not let her goslings in the pond...Weird