Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Fishin' 2009

I got to spend a couple of hours fishing last night. Everything turned out to be way down in the water - I didn't get anything until I dropped the bait to about 4 feet. Then I started landing LMB and a couple of BG.

I got this female who tied the pond record for length, and decided it was a good time to knock off.


But I still had one line left in the pond, with another couple inches of nightcrawler on it. So I cast it back close to where the last BG got hooked, right underneath where I feed Aquamax Largemouth six nights a week.

The bobber dropped, I set the hook, and pandemonium broke loose. About 75 yards of line screamed off the reel before I was able to turn what fought like about a 15 lbs CC. It swam back in 2/3 of the distance without stopping as I cranked furiously to recover the line. THEN the fight started.

When it was all over, I had one of the HSB stocked 32 months ago as 7"-8" juveniles. I have not seen much of them since; perhaps many of them were eaten by adult LMB. It measured 21" and weighed 4 lbs 4 oz. I will be evaluating it's culinary aspects soon.

I'm sold, george, and I will definitely be stocking more HSB in the future in one or both of my ponds!