The song was ostensibly about a man whose fish got stolen from his pond, although the lyrics had a metaphoric reference to illicit sexual shenanigans.
[1] The personnel on the recording were Jackson (vocals, guitar), Dixon (double bass), Sunnyland Slim (piano), Big Walter Horton (harmonica), Jimmy Rogers (guitar), Harold Ashby and Lucius Washington (tenor saxophone) and Jesse Fowler (drums).
[5] It was reviewed in the February 23, 1957, issue of Billboard who stated "Lee Jackson chants a slow, rhythmic blues that is for the southern markets.
[2] "Fishin' in My Pond" was also recorded by Junior Valentine on his album I Can Tell (2000);[6] by Hip Linkchain on Westside Chicago Blues Guitar (2007);[7] by Wanda King on From a Blues Point of View (2008);[8] by Jimmy Rogers and Left Hand Frank on The Dirty Dozens (2007);[9] and Willie Dixon's own version of his song appeared on the compilation album, Boss of the Chicago Blues (Fuel Records, 2005).
[10] Jackson's track was included on the compilation album, Big Boss Men: A Chicago Blues Collection,[11] released in 2013 on Fuel Records.