03-09-2006, 04:22 PM
I've seen that pic. It looks like a 17'' bass, but it's to bad the idiot kept it. That fish was a nice mature spawner that could have contributed to the reproduction of many other bass for future years. I love fishing small ponds with my tube, but it seems that everyone else who fishes them has to keep everything they catch.
Here is a post I made on the DWR's community fishing board regarding Salem pond, but I think it applies to all small pond's with bass.
I have a suggestion for salem pond along with the rest of the community ponds. Bass seem to do well in these low elevation WARM WATER ponds, but the problem is over harvest. The DWR doesn't not plant bass in these ponds and so the bass population relies soley on the reproduction of bass. With all the mature bass being harvested that doesn't leave much room for reproduction. Salem has excellent structure and warm water to support a good bass population and once did. With the increased popularity in the community fisheries the bass populations just can't handle the increased harvest.
I think people would rather go to a pond and be able to at least catch some of these awsome fish, and be forced to release them, than to have never been able to catch them. I for one enjoy fishing small ponds from my tube, but find every year the fishing quality suffering more and more.
I beleive if we regulated the harvest of MATURE bass, we could turn these ponds into some awsome bass fisheries in our back yard that could support numerous three pound plus fish.
I urge all who fish the community ponds to release all mature bass (fish over 12 inches) caught for the future of these wonderful fisheries. Take pictures of these trophies for future enjoyment and bragging rights. Like they say, a picture last longer.
Here's a pic of a nice bass my cousin caught from Willow pond that was released.
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Here is a post I made on the DWR's community fishing board regarding Salem pond, but I think it applies to all small pond's with bass.
I have a suggestion for salem pond along with the rest of the community ponds. Bass seem to do well in these low elevation WARM WATER ponds, but the problem is over harvest. The DWR doesn't not plant bass in these ponds and so the bass population relies soley on the reproduction of bass. With all the mature bass being harvested that doesn't leave much room for reproduction. Salem has excellent structure and warm water to support a good bass population and once did. With the increased popularity in the community fisheries the bass populations just can't handle the increased harvest.
I think people would rather go to a pond and be able to at least catch some of these awsome fish, and be forced to release them, than to have never been able to catch them. I for one enjoy fishing small ponds from my tube, but find every year the fishing quality suffering more and more.
I beleive if we regulated the harvest of MATURE bass, we could turn these ponds into some awsome bass fisheries in our back yard that could support numerous three pound plus fish.
I urge all who fish the community ponds to release all mature bass (fish over 12 inches) caught for the future of these wonderful fisheries. Take pictures of these trophies for future enjoyment and bragging rights. Like they say, a picture last longer.
Here's a pic of a nice bass my cousin caught from Willow pond that was released.
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