I read of different post regarding hard to catch fish (Bass mostly, as well as Bluegill, catfish).

At what age did this happen? How old was the pond when you noticed your fish getting harder to catch?

My pond is 2 1/2yrs old. My Bluegill have never seen live bait, I have only used jigs to catch them. My theory was that if they are going to get harder to catch I would put off useing the live bait until I had to pull out the big guns in order to catch a fish. Despite being fed daily with Purina fish chow they still bite good.

I never Bass fished until the second summer of the pond, they are easy to catch as well. They are just native Bass from the local hatchery.

I can understand the fish getting harder to catch
in our ponds, just curoius when this starts happening?

If wishes were horses, dreamers would ride.

I must admit that I am not a fan of the Catfish \:\)