Super User fishinfiend Posted July 9, 2008 Super User Posted July 9, 2008 I was wondering if anyone has or knows someone who has turned their smimming pool into a bass tank. Is it possible? How? I hate dumping all this money into a pool that is rarely used so I'm thinking of turning it into something useful. Quote
Super User Sam Posted July 9, 2008 Super User Posted July 9, 2008 You must not be married. If I did have a pool and suggested that idea to my wife I think she would not be in favor of it, to put it midley. However, since you have the pool all I can think about is having the correct water delivered and then keeping the oxygen level and the pH content correct. Then you can stock it with the bass, bluegills, minnows and crawfish and put all types of mud on the bottom and different grasses and pads and rocks have some fun. Go for it and let us know what happens. Should be interesting, especially when you go to sell your house Quote
shotgunlew Posted July 9, 2008 Posted July 9, 2008 I have done it actully. My grandfather had a inground pool that they never used, and the water turned bad. well after a couple years the algee built up and the bugs got bad, so I told my gradfather ill go catch some fish and they will eat the bugs, so I did that. worked great. I had one get about 3 pounds in there( caught em all a year later before they took out the pool ) chris Quote
Bassboy15 Posted July 9, 2008 Posted July 9, 2008 You must not be married. If I did have a pool and suggested that idea to my wife I think she would not be in favor of it, to put it midley. However, since you have the pool all I can think about is having the correct water delivered and then keeping the oxygen level and the pH content correct. Then you can stock it with the bass, bluegills, minnows and crawfish and put all types of mud on the bottom and different grasses and pads and rocks have some fun. Go for it and let us know what happens. Should be interesting, especially when you go to sell your house :) LOL that'd be hilarious... 4 Bedroom 3 Bath Rec Room Pool Bass Pond Quote
iamjoe2 Posted July 9, 2008 Posted July 9, 2008 people do it all the time, just not with bass... usually its some kind of koi or other aquarium type fish, so its basicly the same procedure for bass you can probably find plans on the web to turn pool to pond so just look around and tell us how it goes! Quote
Poolie727 Posted July 9, 2008 Posted July 9, 2008 We bought a house three years ago with an in-ground pool in the back and every time I write a check to the pool service during the summer months I grumble something about turning it into a large Koi pond. So far the wife hasn't seen the humor in my comments. Now one thing it is useful for, though the neighbors look at me kinda funny, is that I take an old rod/reel rigged with a soft plastic and practice casting into it. Interesting to be able to watch how the worm reacts to different retrievals. Quote
shotgunlew Posted July 9, 2008 Posted July 9, 2008 I also know a guy who turned a koi pond into a mini lake, had the whole ecosystem, tried bass, they ate eachother, walleye, same thing , he just gave up after a few months. chris Quote
Gannoli Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 kind of the same thing. enjoy. http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8952 i bet someone on that site has done it before Quote
bkoguy07 Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 kind of the same thing. enjoy. http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8952 i bet someone on that site has done it before How much you think that cost lol Quote
IndyBassin Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 the liner on our old outdoor pool gave out a few years ago and I've been tryin to talk the wife into letting me make it into a bass pond. She wants me to fill it in for a garden ;D I'd make a bass pond, but I couldn't keep them from freezing over in the cold Indiana winter. Quote
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