Bob814 Posted January 3 Posted January 3 Hello, my name is Bob and I am looking for lakes and ponds to fish in the southwestern Ohia area. I don't mind paying or joining a fishing club. I will take all suggestions. Thanks. Bob Quote
Super User Swamp Girl Posted January 25 Super User Posted January 25 On 1/3/2025 at 6:58 PM, Bob814 said: Hello, my name is Bob and I am looking for lakes and ponds to fish in the southwestern Ohia area. I don't mind paying or joining a fishing club. I will take all suggestions. Thanks. Bob Bob, if I were you, I'd use Google Earth to locate some ponds. Then I'd think about what you could offer in exchange for fishing access. I bake cookies, but also give landowners cashews, beer, wine, etc. I know at least two Bass Resource members give labor in exchange for fishing access. I think @AlabamaSpothunter even made Christmas decorations for the landowner who lets him reach his honey hole and he recently caught a near DD there! 1 Quote
Super User AlabamaSpothunter Posted January 25 Super User Posted January 25 My old neighbor moved away, but I found some new homeowners on the lake who granted me access again to the lake. They got new XMAS decorations this year as well 😁 Katie is spot on, you'd be surprised how often people will let you fish their private lakes by simply asking permission instead of trespassing. Other times property owners can be persuaded by the offer of doing chores or odd jobs in exchange for access. It's amazing the things in this world you can achieve by simply asking for them in a polite manner. ETA: Google Pat Cullen.......he caught over 1000 DDs in GA, and did so by asking untold amounts of small lake/pond owners permission to fish them. 1 Quote
Super User Swamp Girl Posted January 25 Super User Posted January 25 26 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said: They got new XMAS decorations this year as well 😁 Here's their house after Alex decorated it: Seriously, here's the boardwalk that some local men built for me after I granted them access to my pond. They also leveled my path through the woods and spread gravel on it, so a helpful, grateful angler is a win-win for landowners. They since extended the boardwalk all the way to open water: 1 Quote
Super User AlabamaSpothunter Posted January 25 Super User Posted January 25 Yeah that's a really great deal Katie, I'd guess that would cost a couple thousand dollars. 1 Quote
papajoe222 Posted January 25 Posted January 25 Welcome to BR. Hope you stick around. There is so much information and so many members willing to share what they know, you can spend all day on the site and never touch on the same topic. Part of the reason for that is there are a bunch of old farts here that, although they've forgotten more than they can remember, they are willing to share what little they can remember. Just remember that when you click on one of their replies, they have a tendency to be long winded and repeat themselves, so please bear with us.......errrr them. Welcome to BR 2 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said: Yeah that's a really great deal Katie OMG, Katie is Swamp Girl!!! Did she change her user name. Why am I asking you? 1 Quote
Super User Swamp Girl Posted January 25 Super User Posted January 25 32 minutes ago, papajoe222 said: OMG, Katie is Swamp Girl!!! Did she change her user name. Yep and yep! 32 minutes ago, papajoe222 said: Just remember that when you click on one of their replies, they have a tendency to be long winded and repeat themselves, so please bear with us.......errrr them. Ha! And so true. 34 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said: Yeah that's a really great deal Katie, I'd guess that would cost a couple thousand dollars. I did help. The base wood came from beaver-girdled trees on my land, split lengthwise and laid flat sides up, and I fetched the pallets, provided for free by a local hardware store. The only wood I didn't provide is the oak on top. I also bought the wood screws. What they provided that was PRICELESS was their wood savvy and their manly toughness, for they donned their Muck boots and were working in the bog. It has three layers: twin tree trunks on the bottom, then pallets, and then locally milled oak on top. It's crude and clever and full Maine-y! 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted January 25 Super User Posted January 25 Hello Bob and Welcome to Bass Resource ~ A-Jay Quote
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