This Old Pond

[Hookemdown.]

  There's a decent sized pond near my house, about 15 acres, which is FULL of rice slicks.  Since these things are so easy to catch, I took my 5 year old niece out there one day so she could fish a little.  After catching about 20 or so slicks, she pulls in a 6 in. bass on her little Barbie rod.  I've never seen a bass in this pond before, but I know if there's one, there's bound to be another.

  So, with the abundant food supply, do you guys think that the pond, which has absolutely no cover, can support a decent bass population?

Danke

[Guest the_muddy_man]

You answered that by saying"if there is one there is more" Look for some weeds,stumps and a hole you will find em T rigging plastics,spinnerbaits and Rapalas are my favorite pond lures

[Hookemdown.]

I know how to catch pond bass muddy, but i'm just wondering about if this was just a freak thing and theres only a few more 4 inchers in there or if there might be some actual good fish in there.  This thing has potential.  I guess time will tell.

[fourbizz]

that fish came from somewhere and 4" bass are not mature enough to spawn. There is almost certainly mature sized fish there. Which came first, the bass or the egg, LOL.

[Hookemdown.]

Thanks for the reply 4bizz, I'm getting ready to go back and check this place out....once the rain moves out.  Next dry day looks to be next monday.

[Pond-Pro]

I fish this one pond where I am pretty sure there is only like 3 or 4 bass in it over 8 inches.  However,  one of those bass weighs 3.7 pounds.   Thats huge for around here.  Maybe you have a similar situation.  Good luck!