NICE SET UP.. Looks to be well maintained and taken care of. Your right price is a little steep..But folks pay the big bucks for trophy deer. why not fish too...Can't say i ever heard of anyone doing this.Hope it works out for him. Is it catch and release ?
That gill is unreal...Its a freak

 

The trophy gill alone are worth the price of admission ( if they are abundant at that size, which seems very possible ). Nice fish bro. The bass are nice sized as well, but holy smokes, them are some big Gills.

 

Do they have a website? PM a phone number? Sounds like my My son and wife would love that place.

Dan

 

Holy bluegill! Nice!

 

Yes, it is all catch and release.

 

Yes, it is all catch and release.

Makes it even better! I might make the trip.

Can you just pay to fish only or do you have to get a cabin? I went through the site and couldnt find anything. I hope I dont have to rent out the pavilion just to fish off it.

 

I believe you can pay to fish by the hour, or by the day. You don't have to rent cabins, or pavilion

 

Do you know if it costs anything to fish if you rent a cabin?

 

I just talked to the owner on the phone & found out some information.

Fishing is $20 per hour. It is $100 per day of fishing, that was a maximum of 8 hours.

If you rented a cabin, fishing was $80 for the day, with fishing times being from dawn until dusk.

Those prices are per person for fishing. There is also a limit on how many people can fish either of the two ponds at a single time. The smaller pond was a limit of 3-4 people, & the bigger pond was 6.

I found out that the smaller pond is 16 feet deep, with the bigger one being 35 feet deep, & that they both are only about 6 years old.

Hope that helps. The prices are rather high, I was hoping the cabin rental included fishing, then it would be perfect. I still might save for a trip down there for some trophy Gill hunting.

 

Thanks for the info Zodiak. He is a real nice guy, and the property is beautiful.

 

Thanks for the info Zodiak. He is a real nice guy, and the property is beautiful.

No problem man. Yea he did seem like a nice guy on phone. If not this year, I will probably go down next year.

I just remembered him saying something about there is 45,000 fish in the ponds. If not 45K it was something close, I just know it was a hell of a lot. I think he said there was over 100 5-6 pound bass, & that just about every bluegill was 1-2 pounds.

 

Do you have the physical address, I am from Hamilton, Ohio so not familar with up north would like to check it out. Or even if there is a website.

 

I just talked to the owner on the phone & found out some information.

Fishing is $20 per hour. It is $100 per day of fishing, that was a maximum of 8 hours.

If you rented a cabin, fishing was $80 for the day, with fishing times being from dawn until dusk.

Those prices are per person for fishing. There is also a limit on how many people can fish either of the two ponds at a single time. The smaller pond was a limit of 3-4 people, & the bigger pond was 6.

I found out that the smaller pond is 16 feet deep, with the bigger one being 35 feet deep, & that they both are only about 6 years old.

Hope that helps. The prices are rather high, I was hoping the cabin rental included fishing, then it would be perfect. I still might save for a trip down there for some trophy Gill hunting.

$80/day? Dang! Since my wife fishes with me, that pretty much rules that out!

 

I give this guy about 6 months before he is either out of business or adjusting his prices. With today's economy and people limiting their trips to public lakes I don't see him getting a whole lot of business. And I'll be damned if I pay $20 to fish for an hour of catch and release bluegill fishing. I can do that for free, granted I won't be catching 1 pound gills but the sizes of this guys fish just don't sell me on the cost. I'm sure he is a nice guy and all but I think his fee's are preposterous! I'd rather split the cost of a walleye or perch charter with a couple buddies and actually get to keep fish for the freezer. But to each his own I guess.

 

Yea $20 is definitely way to high for me... especially for catch & release(which I always do anyways), but if I ever did catch a trophy Bass or something I'd want to keep it. But yea, for c&r, $20/hour is out of control IMO. I guess if you have the money to do it though it may be worth it.

 

I have the money and I still wont do it, 200 bucks for me and my boy to fish all day on a pond? Money would be much better spent on a charter. Not to mention it is in Carrolton one of the hardest hit countys in the state. That kind of price wouldnt even fly in Cuyahoga or Delaware county.

 

I would consider 20 a day if I could keep some..(maybe 10 or 20 gills)20 an hour for catch and release ...good luck with that ...

 

If he slashed his prices in half as far as fishing goes Im sure he'll get a lot of business. If its strictly C&R, I think his ponds might get overrun sooner or later. He should get a 3rd pond that is off limits to fish and just grow stockers there for the other two ponds.

 

IMO pay lakes are for guys that cant fish haha Plenty of easy accessible bodies of water in Ohio that are open to the public. Why pay money when there are nice places all over Ohio to fish?

 

luvtofish, I sent you a private message with the website. They removed the web address in an earlier post because somebody considered it advertising.
45,000 fish sounds right because there are 10,000 large perch in each lake, huge bass from Arkansas, and the bluegill are hybrids, all 1-2 pounds. He has a lot of money wrapped up in the lakes, he said $80,000.

 

Those bluegill are insane. But those prices seem like fishing for the rich. Seems like a nice place though!

 

The prices are brutal. It cost me half the cost of a cabin & fishing at his place, to rent a cabin & get a guide on Cave Run Lake.

 

Way too high......But atleast he has 2 ponds full of nice fish...

 

WOW! Although those are NICE fish.........there's no way in hell I'd pay that much to fish - and NOT be able to keep some (I don't keep/eat bass - just making a point). Not with all the lakes/ponds available around the area to fish in.

I definately agree - with todays economy - he'll be adjusting his prices real soon. I would think it'd be a given that if you rent a cabin - you and everyone with you, would be able to fish free. Doesn't seem like a good deal to rent a cabin and still pay $80. Or $160 if I took my son.........or $240 if I took my son AND daughter!!!! Holy crap.

Those are some beautiful fish though.........wish him all the best.

 

You're right Skarfer, it's high. Got all my Fish Ohio's this year in an hour, just kidding... I may go back, the action was awesome. I wanted to throw some topwater and watch the blow-up's. I'll barter with him though.