Originally posted by Greg Grimes:
I hope you see my point, I look forward to your thoughts.
Greg,
Yes I do see your point and understand it. Not sure that I agree, but do understand it.
All other things being equal (and of course that is never the case), three 5 acre ponds should hold as many total bass greater than 7 pounds as one 15 acre pond. It is debatable whether my chances at catching an over 7 pound bass is greater in the 15 acre pond or in fishing the three 5 acre ponds in the same fishing session.
What I am more sure of is that catching reliable solid numbers of LMB (10 to 15 per session) is a much higher probability in ponds that have not been regularly fished. Using three 5 acre ponds, two can be rested, while one is fished. You can't get that on one 15 acre pond...perhaps you could approximate the same thing by only fishing portions of the 15 acre site and resting other portions, but I don't believe that to be the case.
I know with certainty, at least as certain as fishing ever gets, that I could go to my 3/4 acre pond tomorrow evening and catch a minimum of 10 bass, one of which has a very reasonable chance of exceeding 5 pounds. I can't help but believe that expanding that idea to three 5 acre ponds, the idea of less fishing pressure on any individual pond, will only enhance what I see today in that 3/4 acre unmanaged pond.
