Does this look like a good Pond? HELP!!! - 07/06/09 04:01 PM
I have a couple of questions about this pond, but let me give some info about the pond first... I'm considering buying some acreage in the upstate of South Carolina that this pond is on. My guess is that the pond is around 1 acre in size. I also checked the depth from various places in the pond and the depth ranges from 13ft deep on the end where the damn is, to 7.5ft deep in the shallow end, with most of the depth being 11ft to 13ft deep. The shape of the pond is long and more narrow. At the widest end (the deep end) I could come pretty close to casting close to the bank on the other side if i had a big crank bait on the line that weighed a lot, thus being able to cast very far. I do know the pond has been there at least since the early 1950's, it was drained and re-stocked in 1987 with largemouth bass and brim, the water is very clear with the bottom being very clean with no muck and it also has some nice smaller sized lily pads in a couple of places. I dropped an anchor it various places down to the bottom and not once did i bring up any muck, dirt or anything on the anchor. I can see fish when walking along the edge of the bank and they top the water in the evenings. A gentleman that lives across the street from the property says he knows there are big bass in there, because his grandson has caught some big ones the 2 or 3 times he has fished it, but I don't know that I can trust fish stories.
My questions are...
- Can a pond that's 1 acre and is not any deeper then 15ft grow really big largemouth bass or any really big fish for that matter?
- Should I be concerned about the shape of the pond and how it's as narrow as it is?
Below is a link where you can view a few pictures of the pond. You can see some of the small lily pads in one of the pictures and another picture shows how clear the water is where a tree has fallen into the pond.
http://picasaweb.google.com/thatwebsitegirl/Pond?feat=directlink#
The quality of the pond is what will cause us to buy the acerage, so thanks for any and all feedback you can give. I grew up as a kid fishing in ponds and would love to own a good place of my own that I could manage.
Thanks!!