I helped a friend of a friend drain his backyard pond 4 years ago. Before he drained it he told me that there was at least 15 bass over 4 lbs. inside. This pond was maybe 40' X 80' x 7' deep. When it emptied out, there was only one bass 14 inches long. He had it dug out deeper and enlarged. The next summer he stocked with hybrid redear. I had not seen it since it was drained four years ago. Last night I went back to see it. He told me that he put in 40 bass over 4 lbs.(some over 6 lbs.) that he had caught from a local lake.
Come to find out, He caught these fish from a small 5-7 acre lake that he was sneaking into to fish. If this lake had 40 bass over 4 lbs., I would think that the owner probably spent a lot of time and money to achieve that. I don't know where this lake is, but I will try to find out and notify the owner.
What would you do?
