I have a camp on pleasant pond and I'm up there quite a bit in winter. I haven't heard of any monsters coming out..But I did hear of the 13 lber. To comment on the brookies.....my nephew caught 4 off the dock this summer with a weeping willow and i have noticed quite an increase of smelts too...Personally I think opening the pond to ice fishing was a great success,and I hope they continue to keep it open. Now all we have to do is convince Inland F&W that there is ample public access to the pond and maybe they could add the pond to the States stocking program. After all they were the ones that decided to put the togue in there back in mid the 70's.