La Perla Fishing Program Mission Statement
1. Our Mission Statement
The passion of the La Perla Lakes project is to provide the most incredible largemouth bass fishing experience on the planet, to break the Texas State record, followed by the 20 pound barrier, and finally to break the world record for bass. As we experience and enjoy this unique and special place with our family, friends, and clients, our desire is that we will bring glory to God for what He is doing in our lives and on this place.
2. Challenges that must be overcome to achieve our goals.
Fishing Pressure
Discipline will be required at all levels. As the fishery gets better and better, temptation must be overcome and restraint must be used to minimize the number of days of fishing pressure on the resource.
This includes not only the discipline to overcome financial temptation on the part of ranch ownership and management by limiting the number of paid clients, but also the commitment to limit the number of fishing days for the owner, his family and friends as well. A lake full of giant bass that have become almost uncatchable will do no one any good, so this is one of the most important variables that must be overcome.
Unlike hunting, catch and release fishing is not universally consumptive. But some fish will be accidentally killed, and those that are not will become harder to catch each time it happens to them. There are no guidelines that can tell us how much pressure is too much, but the lake was designed with both fish and fishermen in mind, and no expense was spared. The seven miles of fishable shoreline on the main lake are a testament to that, but any resource has limits to what it can sustain. In the end we will only know if the pressure is too much or not after we see what happens at the level of pressure we choose to begin with, and then track the catch rate data that each fisherman will be required to keep.
Now that the bass in the La Perla lake have reached a level of size where we are ready to begin our commercial endeavor that we have been building toward, the limits on fishing pressure must begin by no longer allowing those who have bought hunts at the ranch to fish on La Perla Lake unless they choose to become one of the fishing clients by paying a separate fee. The risk of educating the fish and even accidentally killing a giant bass are simply too great. Those who pay a premium price to fish are entitled to our commitment that paying such a premium buys them exclusivity.
This exclusivity of the experience and fishing pressure limits must also apply as well, however, to family and friends. We have decided to begin by limiting the pressure to eight total days per month by no more than two boats fishing at any given time. Two fishermen per boat works best, but if a given group that enjoys fishing together wants to have more than four fishermen come, up to three fishermen per boat will be allowed, for a maximum number of six. This would especially be a consideration for those who would like to bring youth, in which case special pricing is available.
The passion of the La Perla Lakes project is to provide the most incredible largemouth bass fishing experience on the planet, to break the Texas State record, followed by the 20 pound barrier, and finally to break the world record for bass. As we experience and enjoy this unique and special place with our family, friends, and clients, our desire is that we will bring glory to God for what He is doing in our lives and on this place.
2. Challenges that must be overcome to achieve our goals.
Fishing Pressure
Discipline will be required at all levels. As the fishery gets better and better, temptation must be overcome and restraint must be used to minimize the number of days of fishing pressure on the resource.
This includes not only the discipline to overcome financial temptation on the part of ranch ownership and management by limiting the number of paid clients, but also the commitment to limit the number of fishing days for the owner, his family and friends as well. A lake full of giant bass that have become almost uncatchable will do no one any good, so this is one of the most important variables that must be overcome.
Unlike hunting, catch and release fishing is not universally consumptive. But some fish will be accidentally killed, and those that are not will become harder to catch each time it happens to them. There are no guidelines that can tell us how much pressure is too much, but the lake was designed with both fish and fishermen in mind, and no expense was spared. The seven miles of fishable shoreline on the main lake are a testament to that, but any resource has limits to what it can sustain. In the end we will only know if the pressure is too much or not after we see what happens at the level of pressure we choose to begin with, and then track the catch rate data that each fisherman will be required to keep.
Now that the bass in the La Perla lake have reached a level of size where we are ready to begin our commercial endeavor that we have been building toward, the limits on fishing pressure must begin by no longer allowing those who have bought hunts at the ranch to fish on La Perla Lake unless they choose to become one of the fishing clients by paying a separate fee. The risk of educating the fish and even accidentally killing a giant bass are simply too great. Those who pay a premium price to fish are entitled to our commitment that paying such a premium buys them exclusivity.
This exclusivity of the experience and fishing pressure limits must also apply as well, however, to family and friends. We have decided to begin by limiting the pressure to eight total days per month by no more than two boats fishing at any given time. Two fishermen per boat works best, but if a given group that enjoys fishing together wants to have more than four fishermen come, up to three fishermen per boat will be allowed, for a maximum number of six. This would especially be a consideration for those who would like to bring youth, in which case special pricing is available.