24) A fun place to gather with family and friends 16) To provide escape, peace, and relaxation (therapeutic or otherwise) 9) Swimming hole 1) Quality private fishery 15) To provide non-powered water sports (ie; canoeing, rowing)
1) Quality private fishery 6) To attract wildlife for viewing and/or preservation 11) To study all of nature and/or biology 24) A fun place to gather with family and friends 21) A family or personal challenge to maintain a complex ecosystem
This old thread showed up recently, and here are a few more thoughts . . .
I got home this evening to the east-coast from a rather stressful 4-day west-coast business trip. I've had very little time at home, or at my pond, in the last several weeks.
When I got home this evening, it was early enough to still have some daylight. I took a fishing pole, rigged with a small rubber salamander, to the pond. The pond was really active because of lots of bugs flying just above water level. Before I even got to the water, two deer spotted me, and showed their disdain. They slowly wandered off to into the thickets, where they continued to snort their disdain at me. Just as I made my first cast, something else caught my eye. It was a flock of turkeys. I counted twelve. They scurried into the woods.
That first cast hooked a small bass. Then I caught a monster male bluegill in full regalia mating colors. As I got around the back side of the pond, I caught two more bass and a trout. Then I heard several snorts behind me. There were ten deer at the opposite corner of the pond expressing their displeasure at me being in their territory. As I made eye contact with them, several continued to snort, but they all slowly drifted into the woods and quickly became invisible in the camouflage of the brush.
I hauled in one more medium size bass, and it was time for dinner.
What more describes the pleasure of owning a pond?
16) To provide escape, peace, and relaxation (therapeutic or otherwise) 19) To create and enjoy the sounds of moving water (ie; waterfall) 20) A family or personal challenge of actually building it 21) A family or personal challenge to maintain a complex ecosystem 22) To provide safe, fresh fish as food 23) Water source for fire fighting 24) A fun place to gather with family and friends
This old thread showed up recently, and here are a few more thoughts . . .
I got home this evening to the east-coast from a rather stressful 4-day west-coast business trip. I've had very little time at home, or at my pond, in the last several weeks.
When I got home this evening, it was early enough to still have some daylight. I took a fishing pole, rigged with a small rubber salamander, to the pond. The pond was really active because of lots of bugs flying just above water level. Before I even got to the water, two deer spotted me, and showed their disdain. They slowly wandered off to into the thickets, where they continued to snort their disdain at me. Just as I made my first cast, something else caught my eye. It was a flock of turkeys. I counted twelve. They scurried into the woods.
That first cast hooked a small bass. Then I caught a monster male bluegill in full regalia mating colors. As I got around the back side of the pond, I caught two more bass and a trout. Then I heard several snorts behind me. There were ten deer at the opposite corner of the pond expressing their displeasure at me being in their territory. As I made eye contact with them, several continued to snort, but they all slowly drifted into the woods and quickly became invisible in the camouflage of the brush.
I hauled in one more medium size bass, and it was time for dinner.
What more describes the pleasure of owning a pond?
Ken
Cat,
You said it all right there!! You can spend as little as 30 minutes around your pond and everything seems better doesn't it? It really is quite amazing how calming it is and stress free! I wish I could spend more time at mine! I go up there for the day and it's like before I know it I have to leave and go home and I am not ready to go! I live for the day I have my cabin built there so we can spend weekends at the pond and not have to leave so quickly. Great post Cat!
The only difference between a rut and a Grave is the depth. So get up get out of that rut and get moving!! Time to work!!
1) Quality private fishery 6) To attract wildlife for viewing and/or preservation 9) Swimming hole 16) To provide escape, peace, and relaxation (therapeutic or otherwise) 22) To provide safe, fresh fish as food 24) A fun place to gather with family and friends
CANDIDATE LIST 1) Quality private fishery 5) To attract wildlife for hunting 6) To attract wildlife for viewing and/or preservation 8) Grow-out pond (to raise young fish for transfer) 9) Swimming hole 13) To irrigate crops 16) To provide escape, peace, and relaxation (therapeutic or otherwise) 17) Reduce local insect population (fish eat bugs) 19) To create and enjoy the sounds of moving water (ie; waterfall) 20) A family or personal challenge of actually building it 21) A family or personal challenge to maintain a complex ecosystem 22) To provide safe, fresh fish as food 24) A fun place to gather with family and friends
CANDIDATE LIST 1) Quality private fishery 2) To enhance land value 3) Ornamental landscaping 6) To attract wildlife for viewing and/or preservation 16) To provide escape, peace, and relaxation (therapeutic or otherwise) 22) To provide safe, fresh fish as food 24) A fun place to gather with family and friends
The top three take proirity being from a farming family. The rest are extra benefits of owning many different ponds in various locations around my hometown.
16) To provide escape, peace, and relaxation (therapeutic or otherwise) 9) Swimming hole 24) A fun place to gather with family and friends 3) Ornamental landscaping 21) A family or personal challenge to maintain a complex ecosystem 22) To provide safe, fresh fish as food 23) Water source for fire fighting 6) To attract wildlife for viewing and/or preservation 11) To study all of nature and/or biology 2) To enhance land value
I thought about this prev. thread last night on why we own a pond. This is my wife with her 92 yr. "young" grandmother. She talked about this fishing trip the rest of the evening, and what a good time she had fishing.
"I have not failed, I have only found 10,000 ways that won't work" Thomas Edison
(1) was my original top priority but that has since shifted to others
1) Quality private fishery 2) To enhance land value 6) To attract wildlife for viewing and/or preservation 16) To provide escape, peace, and relaxation (therapeutic or otherwise) 24) A fun place to gather with family and friends
Why do I own two ponds? Well, they came with the land I purchased. I have 6 grandchildren that love to fish. I love to fish. I raised angelfish and sold them to fish stores. I was in the Navy. Therefore I like/love water and aquatic life. Nuff said.....
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