Smallmouth in Ponds?

[JoeB]

I used to fish in a pond in Scott Co. that was spring fed. It wasn't very large, maybe 1/3 acre and had quite a bit of vegitation in it. The owner had put smallmouth in it that he caught from Elkhorn Ck. and they seemed to do very well. I never caught any over maybe 15 inches or so, but they lived in there for all the years that I fished it. I would guess that they did ok because of the heavy spring flow. I doubt that you could pull it off in many farm ponds. I know of a pond in Wayne Co. that has a huge cold water spring boiling up through the middle of it, and trout survive in it year round. Some are pretty big now.

[bereabasser]

a pond down the road from our house has some good smallies in it...i caught one one day that woulda prolly went 18-19 inches and around 3 1/2 lbs

[Bray]

The pond is very deep for a pond, the owner says it's about 25 feet in the middle. It has a spring coming in opposite from the creek. The water is crystal clear. The pond is probably an acre and is in the woods. What they did was dam up a holler. Thats why its so deep. I am glad some of you have caught them out of ponds I thought I was going crazy. The owners say they think there is one that would go 5 pounds in there.

[jonasseed]

I know of a few that have them in it. There is a pond here in Laurel co that has walleye smallmouth and white bass in it. It has a small creek running into it and also has a air system in it. I have caught several keeper smallmouth and walleye from this pond that were transported via Laurel Lake.......

[RC5]

Jonas I'm not aware of any ponds with a size limit....

[RoadToad]

Size limits apply to ponds just like any other body of water, even those on private property.

It makes sense that it would be a deep, spring-fed pond. I bet it has a rocky bottom, too? Sounds like a fun place to fish!