Sooner32

Here's one of the silver fish to which I was referring. Is this some type of shad?

This pond is fairly similar. There are several cuts that allow you enough space to cast. Honestly, the habitat is perfect for bass from what I have read. A lot of those trees are actually in the water. A lot of big branches have fallen in the water from an ice storm A while back. The problem is being able to cast to them. I don't have a boat and most likely won't be getting one any time soon. I have tried fishing the trees and laydowns with many of the methods mentioned in this thread. However, all I have caught in those areas are bluegill, green sunfish, and crappie. The bass I have caught have been on the deep end near that drainage pipe. And of course, my main reason for posting this topic, was the giant fish I have twice seen breaking water. I really would like to catch that thing. Since I have posted this, I have figured out that not only are there shad in there (the Wildlife Department only stocks bluegill, channel cat, and bass here), but there are apparently quite a few of them. I saw some activity that appeared to be fish surfacing north of the deep open portion, but south of the trees on the east side. I believe those were shad. I wonder if the big one was out there chasing them? Do bass do that? If that's the case, would a silver crank bait be a good idea? I really appreciate all of the comments. I am learning from all of this and it is just a matter of being on the water I believe and getting a little more experience

I am honestly not 100% sure, but I got a good look both times. It was definitely a greenish brown color and did not look like a carp to me. But, it is totally possible. Apparently there are shad in there. I mentioned seeing a dead silver colored bait fish in an earlier comment. Well, the last time I went to this pond I got skunked except for foul hooking one of those guys. This is the last bass I got out of there last week. Little bitty guy. This came out of the larger of the of the two ponds several years ago. I have not. I have heard of people pulling some bug fish out of there though.

You are correct, sir. I'm in OKC.

Here's an aerial view of the pond. The pipe is on the bottom right. I've caught two small bass here in the last couple of weeks. I saw the big girl come out of the water in the large open area in front of the pipe.

Thank you. I use a lot of those techniques/rigs. Definitely good advice. I typically carry a spinning rig for the weightless senkos/ light Texas rigs/etc..., and a baitcast rig for swimbaits and jigs. I have not tried any topwater lures out there. I have a few frogs and a little popper I've just never tied on. I will be doing that soon. Thanks again. I've been using watermelon and green pumpkin. I will have to try black or another dark color. The visibility is stained on a good day. Some days it is chocolate milk. This park close from. 11p to 5a. I've fished until dusk, but never really tried staying after dark. Inwould imagine the traffic is almost 0 after dark. Thanks again.

I will give it a shot, then. Thank you.

Seriously? I am relatively new to bass fishing and to this forum, is why I am asking. Sometimes it is difficult to tell if someone is being facetious or not. Thank you for the response. It is big enough for a bass to occupy. There is a current after rainfall. Most of the time the water just crashes around in front of it. I am probably using am improper term, but is looks like water drains into the pond through it. There are some stray branches in front of it. I believe the two little bass I got came out of the branches. The area where I saw the monster break water was about 10 to 15 yards in front of the pipe in deeper water.

Thank you.

You might be right. I have thought about trying live bluegill or crawfish. How do rig these? Just a hook and let them go?

Thank you. I forgot to mention that there are bluegill in these ponds, so I imagine that is what the bass are feasting on. Although, I did see some kind of silver colored dead bait fish floating. I don't know if it was something another fisherman left, or if they are living in the pond. I have no clue what kind of fish it was. Do you have any brand/model suggestions for a bluegill version of these swimbaits? Thank you. That's generally what I have been doing. I suspect that is why I have caught the fish there that I have. Like the one I got yesterday was mid afternoon in the rain.

I am a fairly inexperienced fisherman. There is a park with two ponds near my house, so I like to drop in there when I have some spare time. The bite is always tough in both of these ponds. One pond is larger than the other. I have pulled bass from both, with my biggest being approximately two pounds or so. While fishing the smaller pond, twice I have seen a HUGE bass break water. My question is this. How would you go about trying to catch that monster? Both times I saw her, she was in the deep end of the pond that has much less structure than the shallower side. There is a drainage pipe on that end. Both of the tiny fish I have recently caught were near that pipe. It is normal to get skunked at this pond. As a matter of fact when I caught my most recent fish I had two passers by tell me it was the first time they saw someone catch a fish. I have used weightless senkos, craws, drop shots, jigs, soft swimbaits, crankbaits, and creature baits. My most recent catch was hooked on a silver 1/2 oz Johnson Silver Minnow. The one before that was on a lipless crank. Thanks in advance for your help.