I rarely fish ponds Len,I saw a family of otter in one of the lakes near the house,there’s also beaver in that lake but I fished it once for crappie and there’s a good population in there.I have fished 4 different salmon rivers here in the last month or so and beavers aren’t tolerated on them,but there’s quarter of a million lakes in Ontario alone with a beaver population of 6-12 million,they are everywhere,walk a narrow stream your going to come across a beaver dam,I don’t know if they improve fishing or not.
I also found a neighbourhood cat today,or what was left of it,mostly eaten by a