I don't freshwater fish very much anymore but did when I was younger. All the ponds i would fish I wouldn't want to eat the fish out of anyway because of pesticide run off. Small ponds in neighborhoods hold big fish. I've never eaten 1. Walking the banks and pond jumping is like mobile hunting...u only taking bare minimum so I never had a cooler as most of the time I was riding my bike to get into the gated communities. If i wanted fish to eat I'd get inshore saltwater species or catfish out of the river or other water that wasn't getting fertilizer runoff year round. I was lucky growing up when my dad worked at the golf course..I could go fish all those ponds on the interior of the course that only employee could get access to. I'm kinda spoiled where I live having thousands of acres of saltwater backwater creeks and river and a friend with an offshore boat. I prefer fishing saltwater. I caught a nice 3-4 pound largemouth during my lunch break at work on thur but didn't have my phone for a pic...dehook and let em swim off to get bigger. Retention pond in an industrial complex has yucky stuff in the water
I wouldn't look down on anybody who wanted to keep a legal fish...that's silly
I wouldn't look down on anybody who wanted to keep a legal fish...that's silly