We have a farm pond on our families farm that was build in 1982. I learned a lot about bass fishing in that pond. My son and daughter fished it when they were big enough to hold a rod. We haven't let anyone who wasn't family or invited directly by us and it has paid off. Catch and release only ensured plenty of those 4-5# largemouths willing to hit about anything we was experimenting with at the time allowing kids and adults alike to catch the biggest fish they have caught. I agree farm ponds like farms are disappearing seemly on a daily basis.