Reply by: Milehigh      Posted: 5/30/2012 11:18:16 AM     Points: 2020    

Hi

Both ponds have a good amount of fish in them. I prefer the bigger one, pond #2. Its the pond that is closer to 88th ave and has the parking lot next to it.

I would say if you just want to catch something to target trout. There are bass here but they are harder to find and catch.

As far as where to fish...A lot of people that fish here like to stay around the parking lot so they don't have to walk far. The best fishing is....away from he parking lot. Walk down the side of the pond and you will see a couple picnic tables. Anywhere from there all they way around the to the back of the pond is a great place.

Typical trout baits tend to work but powerbait probably works best. Trout lures are a lot of fun too but usually wont catch as much as powerbait.

Good luck =)

 Reply by: Hey Jack!      Posted: 5/30/2012 11:27:47 AM     Points: 727    

Mile high is right on. You have to leave the parking lot to have much success. My rule of thumb is if i can see or hear a car, I havent gone far enough. Please dont take the bass from these ponds like you did up at my other ponds though, these ponds cant take it.

 Reply by: lewdog      Posted: 5/30/2012 1:09:01 PM     Points: 669    

Basshole u make me laugh. Your ponds. Too funny. I agree though about them not being able to lose any bass. Hey cfish u send me a Gmail n i can tell u how n were to get into some sizeable troutskis. coolhaan30@Gmail.C

 Reply by: Hey Jack!      Posted: 5/30/2012 1:12:39 PM     Points: 727    

lol yeah, just read that. sounds kinda sketch!! didnt mean that they were mine, I just fish them alot so i guess i took some kind of "home pond" stance! My bad lewdog..

 Reply by: Cichlidfish      Posted: 5/30/2012 1:24:01 PM     Points: 535    

Thank you guys for all the help, I'll try what you said!

=)

 Reply by: moosegoose      Posted: 5/30/2012 1:38:53 PM     Points: 1796    

Cichlid.. Email me! I have a question for you! alanpeak11b@gmail.com

 Reply by: Cichlidfish      Posted: 5/30/2012 1:43:07 PM     Points: 535    

I'm also sorry I didn't make a very good appearance on my first post about the adams county fairgrounds ponds. I didn't intend to give that lake up or make it look like I keep every fish that I catch. I only kept that bass because the treble hook was stuck in its throat and gills. I would never ever usually keep the bass I catch in small ponds. In fact this was the first bass I had ever kept. I won't keep any more. Thank you for all the advice and sorry about that other post.

Bass Hole, lewdog, everybody else angry at me about the other post =)

 Reply by: Hey Jack!      Posted: 5/30/2012 1:54:01 PM     Points: 727    

wasnt mad. ive had to correct plenty of people walking out of those ponds with stringers. you seem well intentioned. maybe ill see you out there one day...

 Reply by: Coyute      Posted: 5/30/2012 2:33:53 PM     Points: 3154    

I agree that you seem well intentioned Cichlidfish. Many that lurk here are not.

There are a few of us about that even under the threat of banishment from the site, say what we mean and mean what we say. There are also many milksops about who form an opinion based upon what the soup of the day is and even then have no solid conviction about it.

I will be the first to admit that it pains me to see black bass on a stringer. Sometimes it does cause anger and other times I just shrug it off. It pisses me off especially when I see them coming out of small ponds. I love catching black bass a thousand more times than I ever would eating them. Even if black bass tasted like king crab, I would still turn 'em loose.

In regards to injuring fish badly that you have no intention of keeping - sh*t happens! I have been fishing long enough to know that no matter how careful you are when catching and handling fish, what you would like to happen doesn't always pan out.

I am sure that of the hundreds of bass I have caught, photographed and released, some didn't make it. Perhaps some of the fish that swam away looking no worse for the wear didn't make it either. I will never know but I still do do my best to handle good fish as delicately as possible. Bass are a tough breed like a few folks on here (unlike the pansy trouts and their fans) but they still have their limits. :P

The other day I had to leave a couple of tubes in nice fish because they choked it and I figured they'd have a better chance of the hook rusting out than me doing some hillbilly surgery trying to get my bait back. Who knows if they made it but there's always the chance they might have.

I throw crankbaits a lot and there are few feelings as good as a good crankbait bite when they fish hits your plug so hard it puts a foot of slack in your line. At the same time I cringe because I know how nasty treble hooks can be when the fish takes them deep.

Sorry for the long drawn out response but I do care about protecting our resources and do what I can to help in a way that suits me and who I am.

Stay cool.

 Reply by: Cichlidfish      Posted: 5/30/2012 3:05:12 PM     Points: 535    

thank you

 Reply by: Billybob      Posted: 5/30/2012 4:32:39 PM     Points: 173    

If you like bluegill, during the morning and evening they're close to shore, and will readily take worms or small lures. They're generally small, but can be fun to catch.

 Reply by: Cichlidfish      Posted: 5/30/2012 6:26:31 PM     Points: 535    

I was trying to figure out which lake was which but I still can't tell. Is there a easy way to tell lake 2 and 3 apart?

 Reply by: lewdog      Posted: 5/30/2012 8:10:30 PM     Points: 669    

Pond two is on the north n three is on the south. Don't worry about appologizin to anybody unless u do something wrong. A piece of advice never let this forum know where u catch fish unless u want 50 people there the next time u go back.

 Reply by: SnipeHuntin      Posted: 5/30/2012 8:19:44 PM     Points: 2716    

N/m Lew beat me to it.

 Reply by: Cichlidfish      Posted: 5/30/2012 8:22:05 PM     Points: 535    

Thanks for the advice lewdog!

 Reply by: lewdog      Posted: 5/30/2012 8:57:04 PM     Points: 669    

Was that u that sent a email?

 Reply by: SnipeHuntin      Posted: 5/30/2012 9:40:23 PM     Points: 2716    

Me or him? I didn't.

 Reply by: Cichlidfish      Posted: 5/31/2012 9:59:17 AM     Points: 535    

I sent the email because you told me to in the upper post.

 Reply by: boss4hoss      Posted: 5/31/2012 6:48:00 PM     Points: 0    

Caught a walleye in pond #2 about 5 years ago believe it or not. Seen rainbows, never caught one there. I may have to try it out. Thanks for the info guys

 Reply by: Dangly      Posted: 5/31/2012 7:00:13 PM     Points: 14    

here, here, Cuyote.

 Reply by: coloradodonkey      Posted: 6/4/2012 7:42:04 AM     Points: 101    

I actually was in Bass Pro one day and caught part of a seminar by a pro walleye guy and he said he goes there frequently for eye's. He also said they stock them there.