Having grown up in Bloomington IL I remember the small ponds are all fished hard. It was always a 45 minute drive just find big enough water to float the boat. Other than watching the corn grow, was not much else to do but go fishing. Anyway the population here is less that 500 and there is only one stop light in the county. We are 1 mile from the river (Mississippi) so adults serious about fishing go there. The population density and culture is enough different we should not have an overfishing problem. More likely it will be under fished and will address that down the road if comes.
Thanks again for all the suggestions and ideas. Please keep them coming.
