"POND BUMS", FISHING FOR FUN !!!!!

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Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on October 18, 2013 at 7:36pm

HEY JIM , THANKS SO MUCH for taking the time to put up some more pond pics yesterday . Those small ponds of 2-5 acres looked gggggggggreat to me and I just gotta make time to go find some more here. Great pics buddy and keep em coming we never get tired of your smiling face.......

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on October 18, 2013 at 3:53pm

Some states are more forgiving, shall we sat.
Remember, Jim is in Maryland. It surely suffers from its East Coast proximity to the Washington tax monger mentality.
He makes up for it, though....he fishes better private waters than most of us will ever see.
I just hope I can learn enough from him that I can do half as well!

Comment by Allen Morgan on October 18, 2013 at 2:36pm

Adam, that's how a lot of the big lakes around here are, a lot of wildlife management areas around the lakes, especially the upper ends.  Of course, the COE manages them, and charges a pittance for a launching fee.  That fee only applies if you launch from one of the COE ramps.  Since I'm a kayaker, I don't necessarily need a ramp, just a place to drag the boat to the water.

Comment by Adam Rink on October 18, 2013 at 12:22pm

I guess I should feel fortunate to live in Ohio. I've only fished one public lake that requires a launch fee, $5/day or $25/season, but its free to fish from shore. I believe this lake is run by the village it's in. The vast majority of lakes in Ohio are state-owned and run, and at least the ones I've fished in are free to launch a boat into. Many are also mostly surrounded by state-owned wildlife areas which are open to public hunting as well.

Comment by Allen Morgan on October 18, 2013 at 11:55am

Jim, those fees you mentioned for launching are outrageous!

Here in OK, all the "big" lakes are Corps. of Engineers, and it's $3/day to launch.  Many of the "small" lakes are city lakes, and there usually isn't a "per day fee", but a yearly permit that you have to buy.  Some of those are dirt cheap, some cost a bit, but nothing outrageous.

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on October 18, 2013 at 11:48am

HOPE YA HAVE GREAT SUCCESS TOMORROW DAVID AT THE 20 acre pond and let us know how it went , will ya .......... Sounds like a place were if the right approach was taken it could be a gold mine of fish , MMMMMMMMAYBE...CAN'T wait to hear the results .......

Comment by Jim Gronaw on October 18, 2013 at 11:30am

In a 20-acre pond/lake, if only shoreline fishing were allowed, then only a small percentage of the entire water could be fished effectively. But with small, non-powered boats allowed, over time, some good anglers may well have found mid-lake structures and spots that the bank guy would never be able to fish.

Hence, fish could have been vulnerable to harvest/overharvest throughout the entire year, not just during the spawning season.

I hope the second option, 'door #2', is what you encounter...a lake that was left alone, and is making a bit of a comeback with resurging fish populations.

Good Luck!

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on October 18, 2013 at 9:28am

Boats?
Yes, but no engines. Only electrics or paddling.
How would that affect things? What are you thinking?

Comment by Jim Gronaw on October 18, 2013 at 8:53am

At 20 acres, that pond should have some holdover species that could have size. Was boat angling allowed...or just shoreline fishing?

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on October 18, 2013 at 8:04am

Thanx, Adam.

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