There is a new pond in my area (Cincinnati metro).  I discovered it just recently. It may be a year old, it may be two years, I’m not sure. It looks like a retention pond for an office complex that is currently being built.  It’s a pretty decent size pond although I could not tell you how many acres it might be. It looks to be maybe 500 yards long by two or 300 yards wide. That’s just a guess.

 

What are the odds that there might be fish in this pond?  

 

 

The odds are 100% that there's not enough biomass to support any large fish unless it was stocked.

 

scott

300'x500' is a pretty big retention pond. If it is indeed only a retention pond, and only a year or two old, chances are there are few or no bass in there, but only one way to find out for sure. If it is connected to other spots with fish, they will find their way in there eventually, and some guy will seed it eventually.

If it’s connected to a creek, pretty decent. If not, it’s anybody’s guess. You might as well fish it and find out. Go in with some beetle spins, grubs, or online spinners to get a full sampling of the fish species there

11 hours ago, Buzzbaiter said:

If it’s connected to a creek, pretty decent. If not, it’s anybody’s guess. You might as well fish it and find out. Go in with some beetle spins, grubs, or online spinners to get a full sampling of the fish species there

There is a creek that runs right by it.  Don’t know if it connected to it, although.  I will have to take a walk by and see if it is.

17 hours ago, softwateronly said:

The odds are 100% that there's not enough biomass to support any large fish unless it was stocked.

 

scott

 

Even then, retention ponds are typically stocked with very young fish to manage insect populations, it will take many years for a worthwhile fishery to develop.

 

I personally don't fish any ponds here in FL that are younger than ten years, and my preference is 15-20 years.