Have fished a favorite pond (Wompatuck, 125 acres) for years in Hanson, MA. Unfortuantley, the last couple of years I have noticed that the size of all the fish (Gills, Crappie, Perch) I have been catching recently have been getting significantly smaller, 4-6" range. This pond use to have real respectable size fish. There are hardly any bass, pickerel at all to be found now and numerous small fish are all over the lake. Also this year there has been higher number of White bass in the lake, which are the only fish with any size 10-12". I have alway found white bass to be more aggressive. It is ashame, because this pond use to be a great fishery and one of my favorites spots. I can't figure it out. Are too many people harvesting the larger fish and keeping bass, not enough predator fish to keep the lake balanced? Have any of you have this happen in you local area? This is a shallow lake 6-12" deep with plenty of structure, although the milfoil is starting to take hold of the lake in some areas. Thought this board might have an idea of the reason of this...
John
John
