Originally Posted by Fishingadventure
The "Choctaw Summer Learning Center " a program teaching children practical and fun things to do , brought out 34 children, 10 teachers, a couple life guards , and 34 fishing poles . The children were from my belt to just under my arm pits and I'm 6'-0" . After fishing they took CC home and parent volunteers taught fish cleaning and some families enjoyed fried CC. What a wonderful day at my pond. Every child showed respect , I explained the water depth, those that didn't swim, quietly lined up for life jackets. July 16th , the next group comes out. Before the concerns are voiced , I carry 2 million in liability for Hillwilliam Farms Fishing & RV plus the farm carries a separate 1 million on the farm property. A great day at the pond , what I received as a child, making possible for other's children.


That is exactly what I'm wanting to do with my pond, have had plans on that for since I built it, with fifteen acres there's way more then I can catch myself and few family members and friends.
With the pond having been stocked for about 5 yrs now the fishing is just starting to get really good, because of the astronomic cost of stocking a large body of water like that I didn't stock it to max capacity, my fish supplier worked with me to just stock it about half throttle and let the reproduction of those fish populate the pond, so it took a little longer for it to be great fishing but saved a ton of money in the process.
I also don't have the insurance policy in place to cover something like that and not even sure what that would entail, was gonna sit down with an agent and see what we could figure out.
Hunting on the property is about the same way, I love to hunt but get almost a bigger kick out of watching a kid get his first deer.
I have a friend Ive been talking to that manages hunts for terminally ill and handicapped kids, think Im going to turn the hunting over to him for the kids and maybe help guide them. He says there is an immense amount of satisfaction in doing it, beats killing a monster yourself.


All the really good ideas I've ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.