Bullfrogs in my pool…

[N Florida Mike]

So I have an old “cement pond” in back.  Nothing works anymore. Quotes range from 1500-2000.00 to fix.

So… It looks like the black lagoon. 

Being that we live on a lake , the frogs have found it and reproduced. 

The ones I’ve seen are too small to gig and eat .

The pool is right behind my bedroom and office, so they are very loud( sounds like they are in the house sometimes.)

Soooo I had an idea . I would catch a bass and throw him in. Which I did this morning. He’s a 12 incher, and will have all he can eat…. I’m expecting him to get big fast because of the abundant food and no competition!

What will I name him??

[Randy Price]

The "Kermitizer"

[A-Jay]

Cool Idea but how do we know it's a 'him' ?

I'd go with Amphibius or King Harold 

A-Jay

[Bird]

Your PB in 2032

[N Florida Mike]

I’ll have to admit it crossed my mind…

[Tennessee Boy]

I'm not very creative.   I'd just call him Earl.

[N Florida Mike]

Thinking I might call him “ Billy” because I had a good friend named Billy that threw fish into his “cement pond”, and he would go out and recatch them for supper whenever he wanted. He had Bass , bream and catfish in there!!

Another reason is it’s a common name for a goat that are big eaters of whatever’s there, like this fish will do.

And, of course, there’s the famous “ Billy bass “ mounts ?

[TnRiver46]

My cousins boyfriend did that with a pool that had turned green in FLA. He said the bass ate everything in there within a day or two and the water cleared instantly. Then he had to feed it lots of minnows, it was trained to follow him around 

[Deleted account]

You need a snakehead or 2 in there, no more bullfrogs, or anything else.

[GaryH]

If there Bull frogs then “The Matador”

[Choporoz]

I would name it Pool Fish.

 

 

[N Florida Mike]

I was out there just now and there’s a big congregation of tadpoles clustered on the top step, where the water is only a few inches deep.

I wonder why ??

 

[Deleted account]

3 minutes ago, N Florida Mike said:

I was out there just now and there’s a big congregation of tadpoles clustered on the top step, where the water is only a few inches deep.

I wonder why ??

 

Because they live in a pond with sheer walls and they like shallow water.

We used to sneak into Camp David and liveline tadpoles for huge trout.

[N Florida Mike]

They hadn’t been there lately but today they are. Just think it’s not a coincidence that I just put the bass in this morning.

 

[Log Catcher]

You need to call it the Froginator.

[N Florida Mike]

It just got dark, when I start hearing all the frogs. So far , I hear NOTHING. They should be starting by now…

[12poundbass]

[N Florida Mike]

Well, he hasn’t gotten all of them yet. It definitely sounds like a reduced number though.

These frogs make a strange croak. It sounds like they’re getting strangled…

I like hearing them to a point. But out in the lake would be better…

[PondProwler9000]

Are the frogs gone?

[Bird]

On 8/3/2022 at 9:10 PM, N Florida Mike said:

It just got dark, when I start hearing all the frogs. So far , I hear NOTHING. They should be starting by now…

Well as you know, bass are ferocious predators. Probably won't be long before the frogs are gone in a confined environment.

[N Florida Mike]

I’m not hearing them most of the time now. I heard one this morning and that was it.  Just after dark is when they were real active. As I write this( around 9:15 pm) it is completely quiet out there.

Im going to feed him some other stuff like minnows, worms, and little bream just to make sure he has plenty to eat. 

 

[slonezp]

Name him "Fatso"