ewest, I married into to a ranching operation in central Texas. We have 36 ponds with fish in 22. 4 are designated for catfish and the rest are filled with bass. They range in size from 1/3 acre to 14+ acres. The 14+ acre pond is approximately 50 years old. Most of the others are less than 10.
We started our fish program in 2000 with FHM and CNB. A year later, we added the LMB (some Floridas and some Northerns). I have one pond consisting of only Floridas and the forage fish that I use as a brood to spread my genetics.
Thus far, our largest fish caught is 13.5 lbs (March 2009). As you can probably imagine,I am extremely proud. It was caught in a 4 acre pond consisting of FL & northerns. I entered a picture of it into the Aquamax Big Fish contest and was notified last week that I won this month!
I sold my big fancy bass boat in 2005, quit going to all the public lakes in Texas, bought a 10ft plastic bass buster/buggy type boat and started catching fish! My 6 and 4 yr old kids absolutely love it!
