Greg,
Don't you think there is a strong correlation between falling catch rates and increasing bass size? Just as there is a very strong correlation between falling catch rates and increased fishing pressure. Those variables and others make such a thing as a "good" catch rate a non-legitimate metric for evaluating pond management. To me, the metric is how well you are doing against your objectives..that's the only one that counts.
Objectives can account for size and many other variables.
Greg, if I was fortunate enough to be your client, I would measure your performance against agreed to pond objectives, never against a catch rate (although catch rate may be part of a set of objectives that included fish size, pond health, diversity, weeds, algae, etc., etc.).
Having said all that, the statistic, .5 bass per hour, across a large sampling of lakes is most interesting. Thanks for that Greg.
