Bluegill and Trout and Carp, Oh My!

The other morning Mark went out on the deck - "Hey, look at these fish!" he calls. Trout, maybe ten inches long, swimming a foot below the surface, just outside our door. Last night, we were spotting bluegill and more trout. This afternoon, I was out on the stern, talking on the phone to my parents, when I had to interrupt. "Mom, there's a four-foot carp swimming right in front of me. There's another one...and another...." I counted as many as ten at once, swarming together, hovering. They're huge, and ancient-looking, and no, I wouldn't want to catch one, even though my dad says they'd be fun on the line.

Oh, the wildlife we do see.