True story: I know a guy who is an avid Big fish fisherman who works at a local wholesale shiner distributor. He has this customer who comes in once a month and orders 1000's of shiners. He got to talking to the guy because he is not a bait store owner. Turns out the guy owns a private bog and built his own private bog pond and stocks the shiners for the bass. Well my friend was given the privilege to fish this pond for a 2 hour period last summer. His best 5 in 2 hours was 41lbs. His biggest he said was 9lbs. He said he caught 25+ fish in the 2 hours and none were under 4lbs. This was only in one 2 hour window on 1 day, with 2 rods and 2 different baits and from shore too.
You actually might see this place pop up in the next year or 2. The guy talked about opening it up as a "pay to fish" pond. $200 a day is what i was told was going to be the asking price.
I would definitely pay that to be able to fish a place like that
locally
I agree Rich it would def. be worth it.
True story: I know a guy who is an avid Big fish fisherman who works at a local wholesale shiner distributor. He has this customer who comes in once a month and orders 1000's of shiners. He got to talking to the guy because he is not a bait store owner. Turns out the guy owns a private bog and built his own private bog pond and stocks the shiners for the bass. Well my friend was given the privilege to fish this pond for a 2 hour period last summer. His best 5 in 2 hours was 41lbs. His biggest he said was 9lbs. He said he caught 25+ fish in the 2 hours and none were under 4lbs. This was only in one 2 hour window on 1 day, with 2 rods and 2 different baits and from shore too.
You actually might see this place pop up in the next year or 2. The guy talked about opening it up as a "pay to fish" pond. $200 a day is what i was told was going to be the asking price.
I would definitely pay that to be able to fish a place like that locally
Pay to fish places are popular everywhere except in the North East. The only one I am aware of is the Berkshire Fishing Club. In Fisherman just ran an article last month about pay to fish catfish lakes in Ohio, they even have tournaments on them. Its pretty much a untapped resource that could be a cash cow if the fishing is good.
$200 is not that much when you consider most guided trips for the day start at $400. I would do it in a heart beat.
Either there was absolutely perfect conditions in that place. Or it was a faulty scale. A 15lbser in MA is unbelievable.
The amount of spots that have bass rather its a pond, a puddle, a river or a lake, is amazing. Who knows. There could be a spot miles out in the woods with a 16lbser swimming.
I know of a spot. I think it's private. It holds some monsters I garuntee it. Just gota sneak in there. To get a couple of cast.
Here's an example of how few and far between 10's are. Out of the eight Elite Series events held this year only one bass over 10 lb was caught
Greg Hackney caught a 10-9 on the St. Johns River.
Hard to say, on one hand they fish a lot of places that have kicked out 10+ on the tour(Unlike what we fish around here). But on the other, comparing these top rated high pressure big T lakes to some swamp around here is too farfetched. Falcon lake has kicked out more 10+ then there are people on this board.
Here's an example of how few and far between 10's are. Out of the eight Elite Series events held this year only one bass over 10 lb was caught
Wait till next year at Falcon. 5 will probably get caught during the derby, and another 10 or so will go down in practice.
the state record was caught in a southern state lake and transported here along with another giant bass caught down the street from sampsons at muddy pond....the bass caught at muddy pond weighed 13.5# only 2 years apart....anybody think this isnt possible?....how did a peacock bass get caught at webster lake this summer?....it swam up the river?
Florida strain LMB would not survive winter water temps here. The record bass, where ever it was caught was caught through the ice.