When I was growing up my family didn't have a boat. My dad didn't fish much, he was very busy as a design engineer for John Deere. I did most of my fishing alone or with friends in ponds or on the Des Moines River and its feeder creeks. I love pond fishing. In addition to my bass boat I also own a two man and use it as much as my big boat. Saturday morning Matt (my son in law) and I fished a pond which is about five acres in size west of town. The pond is old and almost never fished. We got there about 9:30 AM (it was the second of three ponds we fished). In an hour and half we caught and released 18 fish in the three to five pound range. Caught all of them on various plastic baits. Great morning on the water. Saw a lot of bluegill beds and would bet you could sack up the big ones right now if you were so inclined.