Went out with my dad and brother to explore some ponds on blm land that we havent fished in years. The 1 pond has bass and perch in it. Drilled holes all around the small pond, probably 10 acres or less in size. I never marked a single fish and my brother just caught the 1 bass. Its not a deep pond, 8 feet at most so there is a chance that it had a big die off in recent years. We then went to another pond in the area and it has just perch anymore, uswd to be a really nice rainbow place from what i have heard. The pond is very low anymore, 8 feet, but it used to be twice as big as it is now. Drilled 1 hole in 8 foot of water and found lots of perch but they were very tight lipped due to the sun dropping and the temp dropping as well. But did manage to land 2 in the 20 minutes i fished that pond. I wish it still had perch up to 11-12 inches like it used to but the 2 times i have fished it it seems like 8 inches is a really nice one anymore. Always fun to explore places off the beaten path
