ajs196

Don't use your favorite rod, I've seen a few people snap their rods on carp.

I picked one of the KVD midnight series spinnerbaits up last summer at Schools on a shopping extravaganza my girlfriend made me go on... lol

It is the slimy stuff that takes several seconds to pull off and then often times sticks to your finger, which thats no problem to me, thats what pants are for. It's just every cast I throw I'm left picking it off unless i use a spinnerbait/crankbait or some sort of top water. And then I have to yank it out about a 2 foot before the bank to avoid the rest of the nasty green stuff. I don't know the technical name for it. I get it at the bank and on the bottom of the water. In the summer it is more weed like and covers the whole pond. I usually only fish it until that point in summer, or really until I get my boat fully going, or on days I only have an hour or so. However, at this point my boat is a little under the whether and needs some attention.

This post was suppose to have a picture of the pond I was talking about, I imagine it did not post or at least it does not show on mine. Any who, it is now my profile picture. The pond has nothing done to it, and I am the only one who fishes it. It is fairly shallow, 6ft max. Those that say it gets better in the summer lie, the entire pond will be covered in moss/algae and weeds... never found a stick, stump or rock in the water.

You walk up to this pond, little to no structure. No trees, nothing in the water except moss. I'm still in high school and have fished this pond since I could hold a rod, I'm just looking for new methods, seems I've taken them to school.

I'm not going to say that I am new to bass fishing, however, I will say I have never really gotten into it. I do not know the fancy names of the lures I throw, or in some cases, what type of lure it is. I have always been primarily a cat fisher, as that is what my father grew up primarily living off of thus he passed the trade on to me. Now that I covered why I wouldn't necessarily know the answer to my seemingly "novice" or "rookie" question I am going to ask. I see all these bass fishermen throwing or talking about jigs. I went out and bought some really nice football head jigs with the weed guards and rattles, the whole works. Now, I've done my fair share of youtubing to see how to fish such a lure. The different tactics I've tried whether it be jerking it, or whipping it up words and letting it fall down it never fails that upon my retrieval I will have the weeds/moss covering the entire football head. I thought maybe I was getting the moss off of the bank, since there is always a lot of moss right there, so I've even ventured onto docs and tried. Does this mess with the fishing of the jig? I feel as if, if I was a bass, I wouldn't eat a crayfish covered in moss and weeds. Am I doing something wrong? Something to do to avoid with it? Any problems it may cause? I'm yet to catch a fish with one, and I've tried them with trailers and without. I should probably mention I am from central/southern Illinois and fish primarily murkey ponds and lakes. Any help or pointers would be appreciated.