rhymobot Posted September 28, 2011 Report Posted September 28, 2011 I was playing a course in Brampton and while waiting for my shot I had a look at the pond. Saw a few small largies cruising back and forth. When the round was up I took the cart back to my car, picked up 2 retractables with some small lures and headed back to the 4th hole. It was dark by now. Ten minutes of fishing and we were hitting largies and rockbass one after the other. However, they were all half pound or less. I guess they never seen lures before. So... do you think all golf course ponds and those water runoff ponds in the middle of subdivisions are stocked with bass and maybe cats? They're there to regulate the water no?
ChrisK Posted September 28, 2011 Report Posted September 28, 2011 I know of a couple here in London that are chalked full of goldfish...
rhymobot Posted September 28, 2011 Author Report Posted September 28, 2011 I know of a couple here in London that are chalked full of goldfish... Nice. There's one in brampton like that too.
GoneFishin Posted September 28, 2011 Report Posted September 28, 2011 My buddy got his pb bass out of a little irrigation pond on a golf course he worked on. When the course got closed they donated all the fish they could catch to a local fish hatchery. There were tons.
timmeh Posted September 28, 2011 Report Posted September 28, 2011 You never know what you may find in those stormwater ponds. They are for water management and are not stocked legally. But illegal dumping of fish happens for sure.
splashhopper Posted September 28, 2011 Report Posted September 28, 2011 I used to play in Huron County....the course I played had two ponds LOADED with LM bass...
Rizzo Posted September 28, 2011 Report Posted September 28, 2011 I used to fish on the golf course at Centennial hill in Etobicoke, I think it was around the 3rd hole or so. Pond was full of bass. In Florida and Myrtle Beach I always have a retractable rod with me while golfing. If I don't catch at least a 3 pounder my golf day was unsuccessful!
GBW Posted September 28, 2011 Report Posted September 28, 2011 (edited) courses that have tour events DO stock the ponds. Angus Glen stocked a few ponds in the past (2007) because Tiger, Mark O'M, Davis Love III and a few others love to bass fish in the 'down time' for the week they are there at the event. Others that are smaller, not so much. But if a river runs through it, you never know... Edited September 28, 2011 by GBW
northernpike56 Posted September 28, 2011 Report Posted September 28, 2011 dont pass up any pond! As you said, there are usaully tons of fish that have never seen a lure before. As for what might be lurking around in the ponds, you might have some bass, sunfish, rock bass, carp, bullhads, etc swimming around
ehg Posted September 28, 2011 Report Posted September 28, 2011 About 5-6 yrs. ago there was a thread on here about fishing these areas. There seemed to be largies all over the place in stormwater drain off ponds. These folks used Google maps to find areas and found bass in them. For some reason threads were locked and a website was formed just dedicated to fishing urban storm run off sites. Good luck with trying this...
Rizzo Posted September 28, 2011 Report Posted September 28, 2011 There seemed to be largies all over the place in stormwater drain off ponds All it takes is one person bringing home a few largies in their livewell and setting them free. I've got a few ponds up here that have all kinds of fish in them
adolson Posted September 28, 2011 Report Posted September 28, 2011 Hmm, there's a pond on my mother-in-law's property... No golf course, mind you, but maybe I should cast a line in there and see what happens.
scugpg Posted September 28, 2011 Report Posted September 28, 2011 I've always wondered about those ponds in the new subdivisions and golf courses. Most you are not allowed to fish though. Definitely do C&R there as the runoff and fertilizer would be highly concentrated!
MJL Posted September 28, 2011 Report Posted September 28, 2011 One of my friends was banned from a golf course for a year for fishing one of the ponds
whitbyboatguy Posted September 28, 2011 Report Posted September 28, 2011 One of my friends was banned from a golf course for a year for fishing one of the ponds Yep. I can see stopping on the fairway to fish a pond setting off the course marshal's ape-shoot button with the dial turned to 10. I did it when I was a kid and the golfers would go bananas (rightfully so).
whitbyboatguy Posted September 28, 2011 Report Posted September 28, 2011 I don't believe you. The ponds were fully of trophy sized musky! Those were the days!
whitbyboatguy Posted September 28, 2011 Report Posted September 28, 2011 (edited) Your credibility sucks. ....whatever. Edited September 28, 2011 by whitbyboatguy
whitbyboatguy Posted September 28, 2011 Report Posted September 28, 2011 But you said there were trophy musky in a golf course pond...you mean that was a joke? Did I miss something? yeah....you missed the part where I thought I thought you were being sarcastic ("I don't believe you", I thought it was funny) and was continuing your sarcasm. If you really must know it was bass and carp in a river that got me fishing the courses. Anyways I changed the quote to "whatever" just before you posted in an attempt to head off bad intentions. So one last "....whatever" from me.
capt bruce Posted September 28, 2011 Report Posted September 28, 2011 Hey Sinclair will you and GBW let me join your "GANG" lmao .... where do these guys come from ... Oh ya WHITBY , I told GBW it allways smells in Whitby
GBW Posted September 28, 2011 Report Posted September 28, 2011 Hey Sinclair will you and GBW let me join your "GANG" lmao .... where do these guys come from ... Oh ya WHITBY , I told GBW it allways smells in Whitby Sure Capt! I never knew I had a 'gang' before... Now you know why I DON'T live there...
whitbyboatguy Posted September 28, 2011 Report Posted September 28, 2011 Just as GBW was posting, humorously, about shooting flaming projectiles at his house (near his daughters bedroom), in an attempt to dislodge some wasps. All perspective bro. I guess "...whatever" won't sit If it was that one thread alone I would have said nothing and let it go as low end humor among those on the inside. You started the tone with the "I don't believe you statement" I gave you the benefit of the doubt and took it as a humorous statement? If you are being sarcastically humorous am I not allowed to continue in the same manner? I now take it your first post "I don't believe you" was not a friendly or humorous one and only done to pick a fight or start an argument. Correct?
blaque Posted September 28, 2011 Report Posted September 28, 2011 aha, Ive read on.......now i get it LOL
otter649 Posted September 28, 2011 Report Posted September 28, 2011 courses that have tour events DO stock the ponds. Angus Glen stocked a few ponds in the past (2007) because Tiger, Mark O'M, Davis Love III and a few others love to bass fish in the 'down time' for the week they are there at the event. Others that are smaller, not so much. But if a river runs through it, you never know... Going back a few years when The Canadian Open was played in september at Glen Abbey - I remember a tv clip showing Greg Norman & his group looking at salmon attempting to swim up through the 16 mile creek swallower parts......
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