YES!!! When all the punks in junior high were chasing girls and stuff I would come home and walk to the ponds. My family owns 800 acres here in stone county and we have 7 ponds and a 25 acre lake that averages 20 feet deep. This lake is new,we just start fishing in it this past Easter but it is amazing already. I can even launchmy Phoenix 721 in it just dont run the big motor. Fishing in a small 1 or 2 acre pond is a good way to boost your confidence before a Tournamen and im dead serious about that.