Quote Originally Posted by Fishin is life View Post
I've heard they don't eat as much when they get really big....does anybody know if thats true....I fish a local pond and it has a few in it but they're giants...I'd say in the 40lb range but they dont even come close to keeping the pond cleaned out
I understand that is correct. What you could do after four or five years when they are really big is haul them out and give them to someone that would eat them. They are fun to fight. I have accidently hooked into one; fought it for about 30 minutes before I got him to shore. I didn't want to loose my crankbait.

And then start all over again. If they are 11-12 inches when they start out; a bass should not bother them unless you have some toads in your pond.