PondBoss

They might decompose? Are you serious? Wow Berkley really cornered the market with a crappy product if thats the case.

I know the water turns over in both seasons. Trust me on that as kid our school bus drove over the lake, what a smell

1. I've vacationed in Minnesota and caught Both Bass and Pike in the same area and on back to back casts. One cast I even caught both at the same time. Only had half of the Bass left afterwards though. 2. Maybe I don't know what to listen for but I fish the moss mats and don't hear any popping sounds. I do see and know that bluegill are in the area but what southern body of water doesn't.

As an avid bank fisherman even though I own a boat. I just find it easier to fish from the bank with less hastle of messing with the boat and what not. Definately while the water is way down on your lake take maybe a note pad and write down some specifics about the lay of the land and some of the cover that you see. Remember when you finally get that rain it'll all be under water again. If you pay attention and remember it well you'll pullin in those big belly bass off cover your buddies sure didn't know was there.

Finally a scientific end of the spectrum. I totally agree with what you say and have seen the studies myself. As a fisheries biologigy major in college, I've been enthused by the bass behavior for a good while. Just rescently I've had the idea to scuba dive these ponds I'm not sure that the water clarity is good enough in one but the bigger of the 2 is natually spring fed and the visibility is very good. Would be quit an ordeal to swim with the fishes.

I was pretty sure there was no way you could out fish the real deal. These Gulp plastic worms are just bunk in my book. They weren't dried out it was a brand new package with all that smelly fish goo still in the pouch. So that idea is out the window. I just think Berkley dropped the ball with this one. Maybe I'll cut them all in half and use them with beetle spins or something for the wife. Thanks guys

I agree with your school of thought on the fact that the ponds could be and most likely are over populated. I take out as many little fish as I can. I do not see any form of small bream or any other type of bait fish for that matter. On occasion I will cut open a fish or 2 to see what they are eating on and it usually is blue gill or crawdads. Everyone keeps saying I should get some sinkos, I"m not sure I'm familiar with this bait what is it? And when you say wacky style, is that hooking it through the middle of the bait? I most defiantely do agree with your color choice, it seems that watermelon seed with red fleck is a killer on farm ponds. Thanks for all the advice guys. 8-)

On my spinning tackle I'm geared up with 8lb test and on my baitcaster I've got 14lb test. I just thought that it was odd that as soon as I switched I started catching fish on both baits. I"m starting to think that maybe they are biting upside down or are just ramming into the bait, I also hooked a couple of fish outside of the mouth both on top and underneath. As far as hooks go I'm using the standard hooks that come on the baits. So whatever size renegade puts on their 4inch stick baits. And I was using 1/8 oz Strike King miniking. THe neat thing about my stick bait is I accidently broke the lip off of it. I took my wifes nail file and smoothed down the lip so it's not there. Oddly enough it still dives but only goes 6-10 inches under the surface. It really doesn't have a side to side action it almost just glides through the water. Man the fish love it! I generally use a medium pace but Jimmy Houston once told me that I should always see my spinnerbait when I'm throwing it so it's just under the surface.

So I saw the commercial with Mike Iconelli and the whole thing about bass love the new "GULP" plastic worms. On the package it clearly states "OUT FISHES LIVE BAIT" What a sham, maybe it was just me or perhaps I got a bad batch of them, but man oh man do these things suck! I can't complain about getting bites, I got tons of them. So perhaps the fish are attracted to them better. But the bait it self is terrible. The firmness is way to hard and it was impossible for me to set the hook. Has anyone else had these problems with this particular type of bait? I'm seriously thinking about complaining to Berkley I mean seriously what a waste of $5 on a pack of worms you can't even use.

Well the weather today was perfect, and the fishing was pretty good too. Caught a lot of fish but nothing of any size every fish was about 1lb or less it was pretty unnerving. But I'd rather catch a lot of little fish than nothing at all. The bite was weird today though. I was getting very little action with my spinner bait (spinning real) or my minnow bait (bait caster). Some random thought ran through my head to put the lures on the opposite reals and it started raining fish. What a huge difference by such a subtle change. Was still catching fish hooked in the bottom lip or in some cases hooked outside of the mouth. Not sure whats goin on there, any ideas?

Well I'm fishing 2 seperate farm ponds both of pretty clear visibility, I'd say some where around 4-6 feet. I've tried fishing any and all finds of baits. I'm sure I'm not running into bait fish or cover, just by the simple fact that I've fished these ponds for over 20 years and I'm seeing the bites on most casts. I"m a pretty simple fisherman and really only fish a few different types of baits. Mainly Spinnerbaits, Plastic worms, Crankbaits, and or Topwater. When I've slowed down and gone smaller the bite seems to almost go away completely. Yet when I throw a reaction bait I get strikes but it's almost like they are just running into it. Maybe I just want to much from my ponds. I mean last time I went out I only caught 2 fish and only had 2 really solid bites. One was a lil under 6lbs and the other around 2. If any more info is needed lemme know.

Sorry I'm new to this place and I'm not sure what or how to do anything. My main question I have right now is: It seems like the fish where I'm fishing have their mouths closed. I get tons of bites/hits but it seems like they are hitting it with their forehead or something. When I do manage to get a hook up I seem to hook them in the bottom lip. Any help or ideas would be much appreciated. Thanks