Wierd pond pump behavior

[striperman36]

Poke it with your voodoo stick

[spence]

Pump runs fine all Sunday then we have that cold snap and it's back to a trickle. It must be the operating temperature. Just came back on a bit ago.

Then today I look out and notice one of the lily pots is tipped over underwater, then I notice the other. Go outside and the dormant lilies are uprooted, rocks are all over the place and one of my best fish is half eaten on the rocks.

Had there been an empty squid box and a tangle of line I would have suspected a togger from the train bridge got lost, but given the evidence my suspicion is a raccoon hit the trash then went on a bender looking for easy food and ransacked the joint.

%$%$%$%$er.

-spence

[gone fishin]

Half positive you have a mink or one member of that family - they are roaming looking for mates and a nice place to set up a home. If you are near a swamp, you might also be invaded by a muskrat. A racoon is unlikely to go underwater and disturb the pots etc. Get your traps ready!!!