I finally got a chance to seine last night. I used a 4'x30' net so I had to stay pretty shallow. We caught a bunch of healthy looking CNBGs and FHMs. Got a few RES. No bass. My forage base looks really good. Bait fish everywhere, giant worms, frogs, and crawfish. Water is looking good. I just can't manage to catch a bass. Or see any sign of bass.
My uncle, who helped me seine, is convinced I have 1-year-old bass hanging out deeper with their mouths wide open gorging themselves. He said his similarly sized and stocked pond took several years before he had much luck getting the bass to bite. Of course I'm pretty sure his stocking methods was just moving natives from his big pond to his new small pond.
I've contacted Bob Lusk Outdoors since they are nearby and I'm waiting on Justin to give me a call to see if we can workout a quick electro-survey. It sure is tempting to just call Overton about adding 50 more of his legacy bass.
