Ohio Farm Ponds
Our area has lots of farm ponds. Some of them are excellent in terms of all around recreation, particularly fishing for lunker bass and palm-sized bluegills. Some others rank as good, more fair, and a goodly percentage are definitely mediocre to poor. We all love the excellent to goods, and many a reader either has […]
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How much does the average grain farmer make on his land per acre? $100? If he’s lucky. But apparently, it’s possible to make $1,000 on those acres, at least if they’re wet. Really wet! Bob Calala and his two brothers Lewis and David, have been doing extremely well on their liquid acres, and their annual […]
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I fished my first farm pond at about age 8, and it must have been a good experience because since then I’ve visited literally hundreds. I like them because a well managed pond will have plenty of fish and being small, it can be covered thoroughly in a few hours. If there are bass there, […]
Most farmers would like to have a farm pond on their acreage, and in north central Ohio, literally thousands do. Some are wonderful places, filled with good sized fish, perfect for swimming, places that draw waterfowl and wildlife in plenty. Lots of others are too shallow, too weedy, filled with stunted bluegills, good for little […]
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