Sounds a little expensive to me, but there might be a market for something like that.

 

Defineltly seems epensive but a good idea. Gonna have to drop price to get more people there

 

is the lake called Oasis lol

 

no its a private lake none of you have probably heard of.

yeah the price isn't set in stone but trying to get it to where you don't have tons of people either. fine line between too cheap and too expensive. probably would end up setting a schedule up to so there could only be like 4 boats a day on it.

 

Could be a cool idea - but I think I'll stick to draggin my kayak over to Scottsdale Ranch on my buddies HOA pass. Few bucks cheaper that way.

 

There was a few of these back home in Nebraska. There was a care taker maintain the property. Gated, a yearly pass, and fee required. There is/was a cap on the membership. No schedule, but if you cap the membership I don't see an issue with a 100 acre lake. It was also a non profit, so at the end of the year they took all the remaining money and made upgrafes (repouring the ramp, zebra mussle decontamination station..etc.), the also stocked it with SMB, Trout, Walleye, Crappie, and LMB. Let me know if you want more info.

 

It was also a non profit, so at the end of the year they took all the remaining money and made upgrafes (repouring the ramp, zebra mussle decontamination station..etc.), the also stocked it with SMB, Trout, Walleye, Crappie, and LMB. Let me know if you want more info.

That's a great idea, but knowing Sensai's past, I can only imagine this would be a FOR PROFIT venture.

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At that price you'd better include lunch, lodging and a blow job..

 

And beer and 2 blow jobs.:hump:

 

gotta love mining pits

 

Might do guide trips too

 

LOL.. Guide trips on a 100 acre private lake. Now THATS funny. Hell you could just walk around the shore and yell out instructions. No need to even get on the boat and get in the way.

I think Im going to start doing guide trips Chapparel Pond or TTL. :Iconrotfl

 

I think at that price you're smoking some crack.

For $500 I can drive to the Cal Delta, fish 2 days and drive back.

$100/day max and limit the amount of boats that can fish on the lake. Catch and release mandatory.

 

A friend and I had an 85 fish day last Wednesday on the Delta. Absolute perfect weather, (some rain, no wind). 90% caught on crawdad colored cranks. Fish in 10 feet or less on riprap with scattered tullies. Best day EVER for me. Largest only a 4+ but what a kick!! (didn't cost $500.00)

 

I think you will find out you will get more interest if the price was around 25 bucks a day maybe 50 tops.

500 even 100 your on crack.

lets put it this way what would you pay? and dont tell me you would pay anything more than 50 bucks aday.

Delw

 

100.00 is too cheap. Want to limit how many people are going. thinking probably more around the 300/day. if you have 2 peolple thats 150.00 each to go fishing and have possibly one of your best days ever fishing. not too bad in my opinion.

This was caught last week.

 

Make this argument and maybe, just MAYBE, you can justify a few hundred a day.....

Why would someone option to fish a small, private lake for a significant fee when they could go to a mature, world renowned lake like Roosevelt or Havasu and pay $10 a day? What benefit does one have over the other?

 

I wouldn't pay to fish in a private lake period. good luck with the $300 a day deal. if i'm gonna spend that money, i'd rather buy a hooker for the night.

 

Pound sand no one will pay that much to fish some hick pond or mining pit:hitsfan::hitsfan::hitsfan:

500 bucks I can just fish Havasu

 

Octillo has bigger bass than that. That sounds way to high... the economy is still horrible. The only guided service I would do in this state for that type of money would be trophy flathead fishing... a 60 lb flathead might be worth 500+ dollars. That's just me though.

 

a 60 lb flathead might be worth 500+ dollars. That's just me though.

You may be just as crazy as Sensai. :Iconrotfl

 

Is this pay lake all inclusive?

 

50 bucks a day max

 

I would be willing to bet that you couldnt go to roosevelt and have 25lb sack everytime you went there.

 

No I couldnt, but that the point, it's a challenge, if it's to easy then whats the point, minus well fish in a pool or a fishtank

If I want to catch fish that are stupid I have a golf course up the street

 

Been there and done that. My partner used to get some guide trips for conventions. I think he charged $150 a day per boat and guide. I spent years planning to build a small lodge and sell memberships to fish Oasis. Bottom line is it was a 37 acre pond with great fishing and a moron could catch fish all day long. It gets old after a while. You sure don't need a guide to fish a small pond. Good luck and start getting your money together for insurance, security, fencing etc.

 

Been there and done that. My partner used to get some guide trips for conventions. I think he charged $150 a day per boat and guide. I spent years planning to build a small lodge and sell memberships to fish Oasis. Bottom line is it was a 37 acre pond with great fishing and a moron could catch fish all day long. It gets old after a while. You sure don't need a guide to fish a small pond. Good luck and start getting your money together for insurance, security, fencing etc.

I guess from the former owner of it.

 

maybe if the lake provided the boats, gear, lunch, drinks, etc. $500 seems pretty steep. maybe you could charge that for a holiday weekend day and have lower charges on other days. does the lake have any aesthetic features, or is it really just a gravel pit? is there going to be camping at the lake? maybe if it included a night of camping that had good facilities. might be willing to pay $500 for a night of camping w/ the fam, great facilities to make the wife/fam happy, limited boats/fisherman, a lake w/ cool cover to fish, and of course if the fishing was off the hook. if it's just $500 for access to a lake from sun-up to sun-down, not gonna happen.

 

What Sensai doesn't realize is that the lake fishes great now because it has no pressure. As soon as you let a bunch of boats or people in catching fish, the lake will suck to fish. Fish learn/adapt and often times when you have that much pressure you will have a significant mortality rate of the bass in the lake. Not to mention and sort of contamination from bringing boats from outside into this small 100 acre lake.

The entire idea is a pipe dream. Sounds good on paper but in reality you would be lucky to break even at the end of the day when you think about liability insurance, salary for people to run the place plus any sort of improvements and property management.

 

What Sensai doesn't realize is that the lake fishes great now because it has no pressure. As soon as you let a bunch of boats or people in catching fish, the lake will suck to fish. Fish learn/adapt and often times when you have that much pressure you will have a significant mortality rate of the bass in the lake. Not to mention and sort of contamination from bringing boats from outside into this small 100 acre lake.

The entire idea is a pipe dream. Sounds good on paper but in reality you would be lucky to break even at the end of the day when you think about liability insurance, salary for people to run the place plus any sort of improvements and property management.

Which is why the price point wouldn't be 100 or less. The price would be at a point where 75% of the people wouldn't pay. It would be that other 25%(or less) that can afford it and would like to fish a lake with no wakboarders and its peaceful and fun.

your thinking too big with all your property management and shit. insurance and everything else has been looked at. like I said this is more of a feeler to see if it is something a select few would be interested in.

The lake is a fun lake to fish with lots of cover to flip.

 

gotta be kidding. half the fun of fishing is the "hunt" for fish. just throwing a lure and catching a non pressured fish is boring after awhile. its like poeple who hunt on ranches with animals sitting in front of you, or going to a city pond after they just stocked it and pulling out a bunch of fish. seems lame to me. no way in hell i would pay any money for that. i prefer the challenge in fishing. oh and i know a few of these pitts hidden packed with huge fish and have been to one in north west phoenix/peoria many times so why would i pay to go to yours? heck it might even be one and the same.

 

I'm sure there would be a few takers. I doubt you're gonna get good feedback on this site as most people here fish regularly and do not see the value in spending $500 to fish a farm pond. This would be a deal for a guy or gal that travels all the time, has a son he/she never gets to spend time with, and knows nothing about fishing and the boy wants his dad/mom to take him fishing and his dad/mom has more money then he/she know what to do with.

 

I'm sure there would be a few takers. I doubt you're gonna get good feedback on this site as most people here fish regularly and do not see the value in spending $500 to fish a farm pond. This would be a deal for a guy or gal that travels all the time, has a son he/she never gets to spend time with, and knows nothing about fishing and the boy wants his dad/mom to take him fishing and his dad/mom has more money then he/she know what to do with.

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This is the only market I can think of in that price range... And wont be nearly enough to sustain the idea.

 

Nah, would not be my idea of a 'good day of fishing'....and yes, I can afford it.

BUT, I much prefered back in the day (and soon again, as I am returning to the valley), to hit Plez on a warm/hot day, spend the morning in nice quiet coves, then run over to the marina at noon for a burger or hot dog and cokes, and watch the endless parade of bikini's and thongs.....

$6 to access Lake Plez and about $10 for lunch....eye candy was free!

Have fun on your secluded lake, with other rich folks, I will be on plez (or other lake), fishing, and enjoying the 'scenery'...

That said....if it is a plausable venture, good luck with it! I am sincere on that.

 

Nah, would not be my idea of a 'good day of fishing'....and yes, I can afford it.
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Can I be your next best friend? :biggrin:

 

I can guarantee you there are people who would be willing to pay in the ball park of your price. It seems like the goal here is exclusivity, almost like being a member of a fancy pants golf club. I think you should re-evaluate the price just a bit. An upfront cost of 500 seems fair, the monthly seems a bit much though. Obviously the majority of people on this site don't see the point or value. I wouldn't pay it either, but I know people out there are looking just for this sort of thing.