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eCat · Post by **eCat** » Sat Jul 11, 2020 4:05 pm

10 years ago or so my wife and I put a koi pond in the front yard, about 5X5 and maybe 2.5 deep

after a couple of years of cleaning leaves out of that thing I covered it up and put in a fountain. The fountain eventually broke and for the last 2 years its just been sitting there as a snake/chipmunk haven, so today we decided to clean it up and turn it back into a pond.

Bought some water lillies for it, water hyacinth? and a few odds and ends. Then the place we went to also sells fish. My wife was looking at koi to put in it - beautiful fish, but then, the redneck in me took over. I told her forget those koi, give me 5 large mouth bass

So now I have a 5' wide pond stocked with large mouth bass.

DooKSucks · Post by **DooKSucks** » Sat Jul 11, 2020 4:06 pm

Dear God

eCat · Post by **eCat** » Sat Jul 11, 2020 4:08 pm

I'm gonna flake feed them until they are big enough to go after minnows

Jungle Rat · Post by **Jungle Rat** » Sat Jul 11, 2020 4:33 pm

Fucking Milford

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Sun Jul 12, 2020 7:26 am

Are you going to fish for them when they get bigger?

eCat · Post by **eCat** » Sun Jul 12, 2020 7:58 am

they'll outgrow the pond in 2 years - I'll take them to the local park that has a fishing pond and put them in it, then get some small one again and start over.

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Sun Jul 12, 2020 9:01 am

The circle of life...

eCat · Post by **eCat** » Mon Jul 13, 2020 9:00 am

took a stab at trying to buy a retirement spot this weekend.

I'm about 40 years too late in this area of finding a retirement area that is affordable. That's the curse of Gen-X

following the Boomers who consume everything in site and drive up prices.

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Mon Jul 13, 2020 9:02 am

What happened to the place near Bethel?

eCat · Post by **eCat** » Mon Jul 13, 2020 9:21 am

its a nice spot - dead end road with only 4 families on it, a view of rolling hills

but what I didn't know is there are two ways to get there. And one is thru meth lab central, and unfortunately we didn't know that until after we bought it. I was renting it for awhile and then a couple offered to buy it. Matter of fact we are closing on it in 2 weeks which is part of the reason I am looking for another spot.

Right now I'm looking to get back into Kentucky in the foothills. Not Appalachia but close enough you can go there whenever you want.

I don't want to be in Ohio when I'm 60.

Jungle Rat · Post by **Jungle Rat** » Mon Jul 13, 2020 1:03 pm

We don't want you here either

crotch · Post by **crotch** » Mon Jul 13, 2020 1:13 pm

eCat wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2020 9:21 am

Right now I'm looking to get back into Kentucky in the foothills. Not Appalachia but close enough you can go there whenever you want.

I don't want to be in Ohio when I'm 60.

Now there's a smart guy.....

The area around Morehead and Cave Run Lake is a nice place to retire to. Only 40 minutes from Lex. Not in Appalachia but enough hills to make it not look like Ohio. Land value is reasonable. Fleming County is extremely nice. Prettiest county in Eastern/Northeastern Kentucky. Nice people also.

sardis · Post by **sardis** » Mon Jul 13, 2020 1:40 pm

eCat wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2020 4:05 pm 10 years ago or so my wife and I put a koi pond in the front yard, about 5X5 and maybe 2.5 deep

after a couple of years of cleaning leaves out of that thing I covered it up and put in a fountain. The fountain eventually broke and for the last 2 years its just been sitting there as a snake/chipmunk haven, so today we decided to clean it up and turn it back into a pond.

Bought some water lillies for it, water hyacinth? and a few odds and ends. Then the place we went to also sells fish. My wife was looking at koi to put in it - beautiful fish, but then, the redneck in me took over. I told her forget those koi, give me 5 large mouth bass

So now I have a 5' wide pond stocked with large mouth bass.

Can the bass and koi coexist? Reason I’m asking is that the place I bought in December came with a 20x20 natural pond that the previous owners stocked with koi. The fish are nice to look at, but I was wondering if we could introduce other species.

eCat · Post by **eCat** » Mon Jul 13, 2020 2:08 pm

if they are big koi they can

4" or less and the bass will eat them

eCat · Post by **eCat** » Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:34 pm

I found this property today. 10 acres. Its about 35K more than I can afford but I am dying to have it. I'm seriously thinking about asking my 85 year old momma for the money. I want it that bad. I could take out a loan but it would totally screw up my 3 year plan.. I'll probably sleep on it tonight and decide I don't want it, but right now its exactly what I want. We drove all over northern Kentucky looking at properties. I'm getting an education on it.

Jungle Rat · Post by **Jungle Rat** » Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:01 pm

I just bought it

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 10:12 am

Looks nice. How much?

eCat · Post by **eCat** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 12:14 pm

$37K

I'm joking. Its up there for me. I don't really want to get into numbers

aTm · Post by **aTm** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:08 pm

C'mon eCat. We all waitin. Just how rich a boy are ya?

eCat · Post by **eCat** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:37 pm

yea, that's out of my comfort zone here

my kids don't even know what we make or spend

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