You and your family can have your cake and eat it too by heading out to a lodge for a rustic vacation, while at the same time retaining certain vital amenities. If you like to fish, many lodges offer fishing ponds so that you can engage in this more rustic activity as well, without giving up a comfortable bed and electricity. Your spouse and kids, if they’d rather not fish, can engage in other activities while you hang out at the well stocked fishing ponds. Doesn’t that sound better than a frantic, touristy holiday at some big hotel in the middle of a smoggy city?
These establishments are certainly aware of the appeal of providing fishing ponds among their many attractions. You’ll find lodges that feature these ponds from Tennessee to Colorado, from Oregon to Georgia, and everywhere in between. While the kids perhaps goof off in the swimming pool and other family members play miniature golf or go hiking in the woods, you could be relaxing in a small boat and angling for the types of fish you like to eat. Many lodges even supply all the rods and tackle as part of the vacation package, without extra charge.
Depending on an individual lodge’s “catch and release” policy, you may be able to keep the fish from these fishing ponds, or you might have to throw the fish back immediately. You’d need to check this before booking your vacation, especially if keeping and eating the fish yourself is one of your primary reasons for fishing. Those lodges and resorts that allow people to keep the fish often provide gutting and cleaning areas as well, so residents don’t need to smell up their suites. But good fish management would probably require that you make a record of how many fish you catch, at the very least, so the lodge can restock properly.
When you enjoy fishing ponds on private lodge property, this means you won’t require a fishing license. Some of these lodges also allow access to nearby natural ponds or lakes, which might bring up the licensing requirement, since federal regulations apply to non-private land, but that’s a question to ask when you’re making arrangements to visit. You can certainly participate in all the rustic activities at the lodge itself, so you may be willing to forego the extra fishing that would require a license, and simply enjoy this vacation with the rest of your family.
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