Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Catch Rate LMB

This is a very important factor in having a pond but difficult to track b/c of so mnay factors. However I do have one client with 8 acre pond that tracks his time on the water. As ML suggest fishing pressure major factor. He only fished it 10 times last year. His bass/hour has went down the last two years. So why did he not fire me? THe average size has more than doubled in less then three years. He used to catch 3.8 bass/hour. Now it is (last year) 2.2 bass/hr. However avg size is 2.1 lbs and before it was 0.64 lbs.

Also compared to large reservoir catch rates in pond much higher. As undergrad I tallied all Bass afflitate GA bass clubs. about 800 tournaments per year. Most lakes averaged less than 0.5 bass/hr.