If memory serves... There are quite a few areas on one side that is fairly shallow (less than three feet) with moss on two sides. The deepest is around 15-18 feet. The water is usually clear enough to see down maybe 3 - 4 feet. It usually gets covered with what I believe is watermeal (I don't have Bob's book with me, but small green things float on surface).

The pond has trees on all sides with branches hanging over the water (except on the dam). There is some brush that I've seen in the water, but surprisingly considering the tree overhang.

The club no longer has many members and my gut feeling only is that not many people who fish the pond catch and release. I think most catch and cook. I may be wrong, but I don't think it gets that much fishing pressure as it is kind of off the beaten path and I've only saw someone else fishing it twice last year.

There were 100+ bluegill harvested last year of which I know. Some of those - especially the larger ones - had black spots and yellow cists or something on them.

I haven't fished it for several months. I plan to again in a few weeks. Back then, I didn't check relative weights. That was before I even knew about pondboss or there was such a thing as a relative weight.

The night we fished for catfish seemed like a perfect night for catfishing and we hit it hard using regular catfishing equipment and techniques without a bite.

We caught bluegill on everything from tiny flies and ice jigs to 1/4 ounce bass spinner baits. One time, I got tired of catching and releasing bluegill with my fly rod, so I hit it hard for bass without catching a one.

It has me kind of stumped. I'm not ruling out big fish being in it. I learned that lesson about three years ago. Myself and others had fished this pond (maybe 1.5 acres?) hard. We caught LOTS of small bass and occasionally a 2 lb channel, small bluegill or small crappie. I decided to totally redo it so I drained it. Seems like there were (guesses from memory not weighed or counted) about 30 channel cats between 2 and 5 pounds, 4 bluegill of about 1/2 pound each, about 7 or 8 crappie in the 1.25 - 2 lb range, maybe 15 smaller crappie, one bass of about 6 lbs., four grass carp between 30-40 lbs, and oodles of bass between 8 and 11 inches. Seems like most (except the big bass and grass carp) were relatively thin. Based upon what we caught over a long period of fishing, I would have bet there were no fish in it (besides the grass carp or cats) over 1/2 pound; but there was.

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