In my local pond there aren't many bass but there are a lot of other things such as carp, catfish, perch, and many other odd things. A lot of times I catch nice size catfish using top-water lures. Every once in a while I will catch a two or three foot long eel using worms (they feel exactly like catfish when reeling in). And every now and then I catch huge snapping turtles of lures. But yesterday 5 minutes after I caught my first bass of the year I hooked a huge crappie in its back, which gave a pretty intense fight using a crank bait.