Fish spotting
Posted 1 Jun 2010 - 18:55 by Mark Gardner
As I mentioned earlier - http://www.niigata-nishikigoi.com/node/810 - today I drove from Mushigame across the mountain to Yomogihira, a beautiful drive that arrives at NND's mud ponds where we saw Koi released ealier in the month - http://www.niigata-nishikigoi.com/node/788 - amongst other links. You can find an archive of NND related posts here - http://www.niigata-nishikigoi.com/node/801.
I decided to drive down and see the Koi in the 'Champion Pond' that was featured in the above video. On arrival it was clear to see that the Koi had worked out where the easiest source of food came from...
I would later learn that they are presently being fed sinking pellets and, despite that, the water still remains quite clear.
Shortly after leaving the mudponds and heading down into Yomogihira I passed Makoto Tanaka, he asked if I had my video camera with me, I did but it's playing up at present, problem as yet unidentified, but I did have my still camera. He asked me to follow him so I duly turned around and did so. We headed straight back to the Champion Pond where I'd been literally 2 minutes earlier. Makoto san was going to check the condition of the Koi and pond and offer a little food.
As you can see the Koi took no time to get their heads stuck into the mud.
From the 'Champion Pond' we headed to the 'Fountain Pond', it's name quite obvious from the pic below. The fountain was turned on for the first time this year today.
From Yomogihira I headed across to Torazo's 'jumbo' pond pictured below.
I missed the Koi being released but suspected that my favourite Kohaku would now be a resident in this pond - http://www.niigata-nishikigoi.com/node/586. I wasn't wrong, I spotted her immediately hanging around the feeder at the far end. Sadly the water clarity, coupled with ripples, were not conducive for taking pics.
As I stood watching the Koi drift around the only interuption, although it's hard to call it that, was the sound of bird song and the sound of a woodpecker boring a hole in one of the trees.
I have to say I can't wait for the harvest!!
