Interesting thing you mention at 3:48 and I met a guy from a fishery once in Pennsylvania and he told me something and I bet you'll find this interesting. He told me this story about a hatchery once that was an "outside pond" and they were trying to ONLY have Trout hatchlings outside in this pond so they could acclimate to the outdoor type of weather instead of living inside with florescent lights. They put all these Trout hatchlings in the pond and after some time, they drained the pond to see how the Trout did. When they were going thru the hatchlings, there were other fish with the Trout. They figured someone screwed up so they did it again. They drain the pond again, and the exact same thing happens, other fish fry are in with the Trout. So they think someone is sabotaging the whole thing so they did the same thing but put a fence around the place and put up cameras to watch and record anything (excuse the pun) fishy going on! So they drain the pond again and wouldn't you know it, other fish fry are in with the Trout! So they go over the camera footage and they notice something. The ONLY thing other than the guys who feed the fish on the inside of the fence, are "Ducks"! So they realize that when fish deposit their eggs when spawning, ducks walk thru them, the fish eggs stick to their feathers and when they take off and leave that lake and land in another body of water, they are unknowingly stocking ponds! Makes you understand how fragile the ecosystem is! Awesome video!
I greatly enjoy your videos. I now intend at the age of 73 to take up fishing. I want to eat 'em! And largely from ponds and streams, just like you do.
I love fishing it's one of the best Recreational Sports you can do I haven't been fishing in about 5 or eight years but I'm going to start again this year I miss it just all my life growing up Ponds, Lakes, dams ,streams, even Little tinie ponds like that..
Couple of those bass had mouths large enough to be on bigger bass. Perhaps lack of good forage might be contributing. That one had a 6lb mouth on his/her face! Huge! What a great video!!
Great video! Of all the fresh water fishes, crappies are my fave! Especially when they deep fried! Love the crunchiness.. ponds are great especially when there a canal underneath.. was shocked to see Big Bass / Crappies 👍
I live on a lake in Florida (4K acre) all the old timers that fish every year and catch hundreds a year to freeze and eat have died off or gotten too old to fish so these last 2 or 3 years NOBODY has fished this lake, like seriously your lucky to see one boat on it outside of summer largemouth tournaments , I’m gearing up to hit it soon and stock my freezer I finally ran out of the fish I froze from 2016
I know. And he catches them in a mud puddle on the side of the road. The only thing I would catch there is a sore shoulder from casting and getting nothing. Fishing can be strange though. My best bass this year was caught on a Bobby Garland crappie lure tied to a medium light rod. I think so much of the "you need" this or that bass gear/lure is pure hype.
Fishing holiday in Ireland, travelling around, came across a lovely large pond. Got the gear out, settled down, after an hour or so and no bites a local was strolling by, he stopped and asked "Caught anything?" "No", I said, "Is there much in this pond?" "Dunno", he said "It wasn't there yesterday".
Some really skinny fish with big heads. You can tell theirs to many mouths for the amount of food. Might be fun to try a topwater when it warms up some and see if there’s one or two larger bass around. Thanks for the video.
I'm just glad when you release a fish you don't say "See ya later buddy" like another fisherman on RU-vid does. I can't watch the other guy without cringing during EACH fish release... "See ya later buddy" is really annoying when heard 10 times in a video! I've caught some of my biggest fish in the smallest water sources in Texas! Fish on brother!
This is one of those videos that I might have passed up on just my seeing the size of that pond,but fortunately I did click on it and got my foot stuck in my mouth and after seeing you catch hogs with one pound test was just straight skill, awesome I love your stuff brother great job man!!!!!!
You gotta love finding those little ponds or spots that you don't think hold fish and then catching some nice ones! One if the best things about fishing!!
Buddy you have inspired me to go creekin' and have been 3 xs in the past 2 weeks. So much fun, caught a few fish and you are an awesome fisherman to watch.
It's nice to see someone who can catch bass the right way I can't stand seeing people who end up hooking the fish in the gills and it ends up bleeding down it's side and people don't eat the fish cause when you damage there gills they bleed out and die and I see so many people throw the fish back if u hook it in the gills at least eat it because the fish is going to 100% die
Sorry Buddy, we are not all perfect. Sometimes they swallow the hook, i had a epic small mouth kayak day in a lake. And i had my 1st unsuccessful catch and relases of the year, it happens...but i don't eat them and I had to let them go, they are now feeding other fish. But, I laugh....folks are so critical, even with catch and release folks. Sorry, the South Americans pretending they don't know the rules, filling there buckets with EVERYTHING they catch, that is a problem. Catch and release guys losing a few fish a year aint so bad.
Enjoying your videos and commentary. A lot of the places you fish remind me of growing up fishing in IN. I used to fish a farm pond about this size and two golf course ponds that always blew my mind with the amount and size of bluegill, crappie, and bass that I pulled out of them. Where there's a will there's a way! Cheers!
One of the biggest bass I've ever caught was on a minnow and weighed right at 10lbs. Crappie fishing with minnows and got that big girl. Awesome video bud!
That’s crazy, definitely makes me want to start checking random ponds I pass. I just never know if they’re private and I don’t wanna make anyone mad lol. Great video man you caught some nice fish outta there.
That is the best. I remember once as a young fisherman finally giving in to a nearby creek. Cast in once and out came tons of good sized blue-gill. So much fun
One of my favorite episodes man! It's funny, you and I fish very similar types of water but I live in Canada and fish trout, you fish in the same type of water and take some nice bass. Great video and I love your enthusiasm!
Drainage ponds are underrated! I've got one minutes from my house that I grew up fishing in. It's about half the size of the one in this video, but my friends and I have pulled out 14" largemouth and big chunky green sunfish before. 2lb line and trout magnets make for an unbelievably fun time. Tight lines ~
Here in MD the DNR stocks blue gill and bass in drainage ponds to keep mosquitoe populations down to prevent diseases from spreading. They do it low key so people don’t pull them out.
well dont get too used to that, it just worked out that work was slow and i had time to make them. it is a lot of work. hopefully i can keep 1 or 2 maybe 3 a week
Pretty cool to catch that many different kinds of fish in that little pond. Good way to start your day. Wondering what your friends said when you showed them your video
🤣 That rod was bowed up!! He said the people are gonna see me now! I fish a little golf course pond like this.. nobody else knows or touches it because of the size☺️
In oregon I did the same thing near Corvallis. one pond was like 10x20 feet and I cought like 10 nice blue gills. crazy. I actually thought it was just a mud puddle.
I fished ponds like that in fl. I would check the edges and if there was lots of bait and other minnows I would often move on, cause theres not bigger fish feeding. Those 2 bass were really thin. Catchem up.
I am certified by an ex sere instructor as a survival instructor..... .fishing is one of the best ways to supplement food in the wild........I always carry fishing items on any real hike...... I have been in jungle rivers in panama and Guyana where we greatly supplemented our food with caught fish........
Birds.....Birds eats fish eggs and also get the eggs on their feet from ponds,they then transfer the eggs by pooping and walking in the waters while eggs are attached to their feet...Birds Stock Ponds!!
I found a 3" long perch in the middle of 40 acre flat pasture right after a heavy rain. The nearest small ditch is 300 yards away. I realized then how my small cow pond got fish in it.
I noticed you were standing by a culvert or something. I live in Minnesota and the fish do migrate from the bigger Lakes to the smaller ponds through the culverts. Especially in the spring when the ice is out in the water is high.
See this what i love about your video it surprises me that you fish anywhere and get the best fish quality a lil bit of everything nice video godbless brother
you got yourself a honey hole.kind'a remindes me of a place we used to fish 50 years ago called flannigans pond out in farm country in the thumb of michigan.drove there last summer with my friend he used to fish it with me its not the same as back in the day.at 8 yrs old i got a 42 inch pike a dam monster in a dam small farm ditch.lots of hammer handles too! today the pond is different not as deep and a lot of over grow.was thinking 1 day to see if it still had pike?1 wont know till they try?nice honey hole fish you would expect to be in a bigger lake. amazing!!!!!
Thats so bad ass. I actually caught a 6lber today out of a pond about the same size in chino hills. He ran into a tunnel and i thought he was gonna break me off. As i muscled him out he spooked a 2 and probably 3-4lber out of the tunnel. Sometimes the smallest bodies of water hold the biggest surprises. Id try tossing your hellgramite into that tube there if its holding water lol
Nice fishing! Three species cool! There is plenty of food in that little pond. Some say that the best way to manage a pond like that is to cull some of the fish like the ones you caught. That way they ones you don’t catch get bigger with less competition for food. I have three small ponds half that size. When I catch the small ones I eat them or move them to my 5 acre pond. I have caught 5 lb large mouth in all three little ponds, and my big pond will someday have 10 lbs + in it.
I fished a hole that was only about 7 feet wide but was probably 10 feet deep near a large pond and fished for an hour catching blue gill and catfish as fast as I could pull them up. It was like fishing in a barrel. It was a place nobody thought had fish in it as everyone fished the pond.
Really cool... Me and Avery have a "secret" pond that is an overflow pond from a creek. We catch tons of bluegill in the spring, love watching people walk by with that look of amazement on their faces when he's reeling em in..
I mentioned previously my GF's dads spring fed pond in Alabama - well one day I went down the creek that it drained off into and took a 5 gal bucket wt me to catch anything I could and take them back up to the pond...I was using bread balls and catching the expected bream and then all of a sudden My rod bent over and the water was splashing crazy & I admit It scared the crap out of me (not literally) and got my blood flowing a little fast - even the German Shepard that was with me ears were sticking straight up!! - Big 7lb catfish sitting in this deep pool in the bend of this 5 ft wide creek....Totally was NOT expecting THAT!!....I stopped fishing at that point and took him back to the pond and I think my GF's Dad said it best "I bet he's Glad to be out of that creek and into this pond".
And BTW thanks for your Vids = This was was insane!! & I know KING Bream is in there = You gotta go back on a Hot summer Day to this spot & get him because ya know its in there!!
If that pond was in South Carolina that would already be fish'ed out. There are certain people down here that keep everything they can get to bite. If it's as big as a butter bean it goes in the oil. Keeping everything kills ponds. Good job on releasing so other sportsmen can enjoy the catch.
In my opinion the biggest factor in bass fishing isn't gear or lure or line but ... Location location location. Even Roland Martin couldn't catch fish in a bathtub. Doesn't matter if you are using a $300 rod paired with a gold plated reel, if there are no fish in them thar ponds the skunk gets a ride home.
Awesome video and awesome catches of fish in that pond I have caught 80 fish in one day but that was several years ago I am hoping to break my fishing record and that record this year
I threw some cats in a pond like this and a year later the kids were all excited,telling us when we stopped to talk, "there's big catfish in here" .We didn't say a word,just told em small bluegills are the favorite food of catfish,lol.
