Recently Tagged with "ponds"

Was out fishing a local pond that I've fished for years. In the earlier years the Bass averaged 1 to 3 lbs. After a few years of not fishing there i desided to see what has changed over the years, what a surprise I was in for. I started out with a jitterbug and only caught 1 , tryed a spinnerbait and got 3 more, i finished with a lizard and got another. The ting that stood out to me was the size they were mostly around 8 inches and the one caught on the jitterbug about 12 inches. These were not the fish I had remembered . They would short strike the spinnerbait and at fist thought i waas hitting debri ben then seen one hit close to shore. The one caught on the jitterbug hit so soft that if you didn't see the strike i might have missed it. I could only think that this is due to over fishing and people keeping the larger fish causing what is leat behind to become indecisive and lure shy . Is this becoming a common situation .

Anyone have water gardens or fish ponds? I have a fish pond that is 165 gallons. I have water lillies and water hyachins in it. I also have goldfish. I usually buy the feeder goldfish that cost about 10 cents each or 12 for $1. I also have 2 plecos in there that I have to bring in each winter so I have 2 - 30 gallon tanks inside for them 1 per tank. One of them is over a foot long. The other is only about 7-8 inches.

I'll check back later, Janice