Thanks for all the feedback, but I did fail to mention one thing. My wife and I already own 9 acres that is connected to a 10 acre pond. We hope to be able to build a house on this land one day. I do not privately own the pond, but I share ownership with 4 other people. There are 5 multi-acre properties of 8 acres or more and all the properties meet in the middle of the pond. The 5 property owners share financial responsibility in any pond upkeep. It is a very healthy 10 acre pond that is underground spring and mountain stream fed. It's loaded with LMB, Brim, Bluegill and some Catfish. It's a good situation, because we all have restrictions set up on the acres, so that nobody can sub-divide their acres - So there's no chance of a growing population. The only draw back is that other property owners do let friends and family fish, so it holds me back from wanting to invest much money into adding a new bloodline of fish or anything. I probably shouldn't worry, because there's probably no chance of fishing out a 10 acre pond that has been there since the early 1940's - Plus it's over 35 feet deep in the middle. So maybe I should be happy with the 10 acre pond that I am a partial owner of, even though I don't own 100% of it. So maybe if I buy a house without a pond, and get the new Bass Boat, then I could have the best of both worlds... or is having your own 1 to 2 acre 100% private pond better than anything else?
