Camden Co. Pond Bass

[Bill Babler]

 

Here is a picture from Climax Springs of my Best lifetime buddy Mark. We went to high school together and have spoken at least 4 time a week ever since. 

This is a LM from his pond that I originally caught in Bollinger Creek in the Spring of 2013. It was a squeaker keeper that was hooked deep and bleeding like a stuck hog. We threw it in with the crappie but when we got home it was swimming like a gold metal winner in the live well. 

He had just had the pond behind him cleaned and deepened and we tossed her in it. Since then he stocked it with hybrid blue gills, blue gill and channels. 

I caught her again in 2017 and she weighed just a shade over 5 lbs.  Again we tossed her back. Mark caught her last week and we did not have a scale but she measured exactly 25" long. 

Photo, and back she went again.   As far as we know she is the only bass in that pond and it is just full of small gills and tadpoles plus he feeds the fish every day. 

She is not only long, but heavy. I guessed her around 8 pounds. We had not seen her for 4 years. I'm thinking she has to be at least 12 or 13 years old. Might be the last time we see the Ole Gal. 

[fishinwrench]

Very cool ! 👍

[Bill Babler]

We celebrated,

 

[fishinwrench]

Jack Frost!    👍

[Devan S.]

I don't know what's prettier.....the jack or the fish.

[liphunter]

That's a good story Bill. 👍

[3DHUSKER]

On 5/15/2021 at 5:09 PM, Bill Babler said:

We celebrated,

 

Fantastic,  Great single barrel celebration.    

[DADAKOTA]

Very nice on both pics.