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I've fished every inch of structure with what seems like every lure in my arsenal and I just can't find a single bite in a local private pond. Ive had plenty of luck in the past with the spot, but this fall I've yet to see a single bass, let alone land one. Its a small pond with pretty murky water and I've had a lot of luck in the past with topwater, mainly buzzing frogs, large poppers and chuggers, but I used to catch just as many with large profile spinnerbaits, shallow crank-baits, and senkos. I caught pass in the pre-spawn here earlier this year and while I guess its possible that something could have happened to the population, the pond has never had trouble with an overpopulation of sunfish nor any large fish kills that i'm aware of. I'd really appreciate any one who could provide some advice or any insight on my situation.

I'm a bit confused and it's a little frustrating. I have read almost every article there is in this forum's menu about fall patterns and the transition. All of them tell about how the bait fish start to migrate to the backs of creeks and into channels of lakes and/or rivers. None of them mention what they do in ponds, specifically small ponds. The only place I really get to fish anymore is the small pond in my neighborhood near my house. There's a bigger pond too, it just doesn't have enough fishable bank to really go there much anymore. I'm not really sure what type of bait fish is in this pond. The only things I see in schools near the banks look like tadpoles. They're pretty small. I do see little baby bass occasionally around the bank in little groups of 3 to 5 of them. They seem to be feeding on the tadpole looking things. There are lots of turtles big and small in this pond along with some frogs and some of those are pretty big too. There's also a few small snakes around it at times as well. I would think that there's some bream, possibly blue gill or maybe even perch in there. I just haven't seen any. I can't imagine that largemouth bass are the only fish in it. All this being said, what do the bait fish and bass do in small ponds in the transition to fall and the fall? Been having a hard time trying to find them and when I do, it's only one and usually a dink here lately. Last night I caught the first one a pound or better in like 2 weeks or more. The water level is maybe 5 feet give or take a little. Below is a pick of the pond I'm referring to. I can fish all the left side and bottom end around the right side up til a picket fence blocks it off(should be able to see that fence below the bottom house on the right). I can also fish the top end all the way to the first tree of a group of three trees that are in the water not far off the bank. There's also patches of matted vegetation of some kind around the entire pond. Some patches are longer than others. How would y'all go about fishing this pond this time of year?