nice bass

[allen]

this is two pics of a bass my friend rabbit caught
in a farm pond that sees very little action due to it
been on private property.
weve caught several 5 to 7 pounders and we release
them back into the pond even though the owner said
that we could keep all that we wanted.

 

[packerbacker]

Yep, you can catch some good-sized fish out of those private ponds. We don't usually keep any either. One reason we don't keep them, especially in the summer, is worms. Pond fish seem to get much wormier than lake, stream or river fish. Maybe it's the warmer water.

 

[rginn]

Yeah, that is a nice one. We used to fish almost exclusively in farm ponds when I was growing up in Oklahoma. In those days we pretty much had the run of the country and it was pretty cool when you were 12 or 13 to go fish all night with a couple of friends at the pond. I can't think of one spot here in Summit Co., Colo, that's a farm pond. We got beaver ponds though, and there's some nice trout in there, but it ain't the same. Thanks for the pic.

 

[allen]

i think this one went just under two pounds,
no pics of the bigger bass right now.
We plan on camping out close to this pond
sometime later in the year when its cooler.

 

[silvercop]

wow a rabbit caught a bass?? hey you know how to catch a unique rabbityou neek up on it

 

[aa battery]

 

[allen]

funny silvercop funny !! lol
Lavonso ( aka Rabbit ) has been my best
friend for 25 years, im closer to him than
I am to any of my brothers or sisters.

 

[diggemall]

Yep, you can catch some good-sized fish out of those private ponds. We don't usually keep any either. One reason we don't keep them, especially in the summer, is worms. Pond fish seem to get much wormier than lake, stream or river fish. Maybe it's the warmer water.

Actually, PB, it's all about the life cycle of the danged parasites. We have a small fish farm, and they drive us NUTS ! The ones we deal with here are called Clinostomum (look like little maggots in the flesh - usually near the tail) cycle as adults in wading birds like Herons. They release their eggs through the birds digestive system, they enter the water and are taken up by small detritus eating freshwater snails. The eggs hatch and swim free in the water until they find a host (fish) where they burrow in and develope into the little worms you see. Birds eat the fish and the cycle starts all over again.

Ponds are more favorable for both the snails and the wading birds so you tend to get more parasites.

We ritually set off a few bottle rockets morning and evening. Seems the birds don't like the noise so they don't stick around very much. Helps to break the cycle.

Diggem'

 

[silvercop]

couldn't resist