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Re: La Salle Explorers
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2020 4:05 pm
by eCat
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.
Re: La Salle Explorers
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2020 4:06 pm
by DooKSucks
Dear God
Re: La Salle Explorers
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2020 4:08 pm
by eCat
I'm gonna flake feed them until they are big enough to go after minnows
Re: La Salle Explorers
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2020 4:33 pm
by Jungle Rat
Fucking Milford
Re: La Salle Explorers
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 7:26 am
by hedge
Are you going to fish for them when they get bigger?
Re: La Salle Explorers
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 7:58 am
by eCat
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.
Re: La Salle Explorers
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 9:01 am
by hedge
The circle of life...
Re: La Salle Explorers
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2020 9:00 am
by eCat
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.
Re: La Salle Explorers
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2020 9:02 am
by hedge
What happened to the place near Bethel?
Re: La Salle Explorers
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2020 9:21 am
by eCat
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.
Re: La Salle Explorers
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2020 1:03 pm
by Jungle Rat
We don't want you here either
Re: La Salle Explorers
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2020 1:13 pm
by crotch
eCat wrote: āMon 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.
Re: La Salle Explorers
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2020 1:40 pm
by sardis
eCat wrote: āSat 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 Iām 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.
Re: La Salle Explorers
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2020 2:08 pm
by eCat
if they are big koi they can
4" or less and the bass will eat them
Re: La Salle Explorers
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:34 pm
by eCat
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.
Re: La Salle Explorers
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:01 pm
by Jungle Rat
I just bought it
Re: La Salle Explorers
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 10:12 am
by hedge
Looks nice. How much?
Re: La Salle Explorers
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 12:14 pm
by eCat
$37K
I'm joking. Its up there for me. I don't really want to get into numbers
Re: La Salle Explorers
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:08 pm
by aTm
C'mon eCat. We all waitin. Just how rich a boy are ya?
Re: La Salle Explorers
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:37 pm
by eCat
yea, that's out of my comfort zone here
my kids don't even know what we make or spend