Originally posted by Meadowlark:
...being able to have great fishing action with frequent fishing times in small ponds are simply going to fail...but it's generally true.
I've managed, or am in the process of managing over 100 ponds, and I'd say that the smaller the pond, the more generally true this statement is. Both of my recreational ponds have light to modest pressure and have become ponds with poor fishing action. But I've managed other ponds that get relatively heavy pressure and remain excellent fishing. The one common thread between all of these ponds is that the more food availability there is, the more obvious the negative conditioning from angling is. In other words
when food is abundant fishing can quickly deteriorate from fishing pressure. However in the ponds that I manage where
food is scarce the fishing remains fantastic in spite of very high pressure. Makes sense doesn't it? Even with that being said I'm sure there are plenty of exceptions.
