Winter Farm Pond Bassin

[countryfried]

any tips? the water is now starting to rise and it was very low and the fish would'nt get on anything i threw at em, im confused

[DBSULLY]

Pick up some zoom super swimming flukes or a similar plastic, rig with a 4/0 wide gap hook and fish it weightless, or with a small 1/8 oz bullet weight. Swim it slow, with an occasional stop and twitch retrieve. The bite has been on for me with this technique for the past few months in farm ponds. 

 

Good luck, and post your results in the fishing reports.

 

Brandon

[Sam]

Suggestions:

1.  Understand that the bass will go deep.

2.  Remember that they do have to eat.

3.  Know that the bass do not want to expend a lot of energy hunting for food.

4.  With this in mind, any day when the temperatures go up a few degrees will be the best days to fish.

5.  Fish any bait s-l-o-w.

6   Try a jig and pig that looks like a crawfish. Cast it out; let it sit for 30 seconds; and then move it s-l-o-w back to you with 20 to 30 second pauses.

7.  Try a topwater. A Zara Spook can produce bites.

8.  Throw a pointer, like the Smithwick Rouge. Throw; let all ripples go away; then return with a 1-1-1 or 1-2-1 or other cadance.

9.  Throw a plastic worm Texas or shaky head and let it sit for 45 to 60 seconds before moving it. When you move it be sure to move it s-l-o-w and let it sit on the bottom.

10. Flat sided crankbaits work well in cold water. Give 'em a try in whatever color that matches the forage.

11. Sometimes they will hit a slow moving spinnerbait.

 

Just some food for thought when you go out tomorrow.

 

Good luck.

[ClackerBuzz]

smaller lures, lighter weight, fished very slow.  1/16-1/8 oz texas rigged small brush hog or beaver or 4" plastic of ur choice. dead stick a wacky rig senko (light twitch every 15-20 seconds max).  1/8oz drop shot with a 3" grub (or cut off a small piece of senko etc) and don't shake/work...just let the under water current do it's thing.  try a slow drag.  get crazy and maybe give a lure a hop.  it you get a strike you know you can give them a little more life. after you have a successful outings try keeping the light weight but going with a larger peice of plastic. maybe a tube or 5" senko on the drop shot.  a weightless t-rig 5" senko. a bare t-rigged craw (no skirt or jig w/weedguard). good luck

[wademaster1]

Zoom trick worms in black did the trick for me a few days ago in a farm pond. Fish them slow. Try the deeper water then don't hesitate to hit the shallower waters especially on warmer days. I caught some in the thickest bunch of rip rap in the place.

[Grizzn N Bassin]

whatever you do fish it slow.. if you think your fishing slow fish even slower..i mostly fish farm ponds and when I get strike its after a long pause followed by a drag or twitch for an inch or so,  then sometimes ill get a bite.. also try stitching it is technique  very slow you can feel everything by doing. maybe even pick up some night ,they do better in the cold because it  keeps the worm stiffer which the bass like so I've read. Hook  the crawler right so you done kill it and let it do all the work for you. my uncle used to do this but I haven't had the time to try it yet.

 

 listen you everyone above me very good info and should help you out

 

goodluck!!

[Bluebasser86]

Slowly crank a small, single colorado bladed spinnerbait or rattle trap. If you can find any suspending rattle traps they're killers in cold water in ponds. Suspending jerkbaits fished slowly if the water is deep and clear enough. A weightless, texas rigged senko drug along the bottom as slow as you can stand can be good.

[Grizzn N Bassin]

yes suspended jerks also can be absolutely killer.. up above in my post when I said try using "NIGHT" I ment Night crawlers

[aharris]

Throw a shakey head with a zoom finesse worm or something similiar and try to find any cover you can find in the pond in deeper water. If there's a creek coming into it, fish the channel. Smaller baits and smaller line....and fish slow as possible. Good luck dude.

[ClackerBuzz]

x2 on fishing the feeder creek.  i used to fish a farm pond with little cover. in that case look for spots where fresh leaves come back on ur hook.  it means it is a clean, aerated area which fish will be attracted to.  this pond had the fresh mulched leaves right in the deepest spot...it held the lunkers.  from that point forward i always took notice when a fresh leaf comes back on my hook.   or fresh green grass/weeds.  the opposite being slim algae=stay away and look for better bottom composition.

[hookset on 3]

x2 on fishing the feeder creek.  i used to fish a farm pond with little cover. in that case look for spots where fresh leaves come back on ur hook.  it means it is a clean, aerated area which fish will be attracted to.  this pond had the fresh mulched leaves right in the deepest spot...it held the lunkers.  from that point forward i always took notice when a fresh leaf comes back on my hook.   or fresh green grass/weeds.  the opposite being slim algae=stay away and look for better bottom composition.

 

 

Great post. Any green weeds located in or near deep water in Winter, will have the entire food chain based their.The zoo plankton feed on the microscopic critters in the weeds. This in turn attracts small bait fish or small panfish that feed on the zoo plankton and tiny grass shrimp.

 We know what eats the small fish!

 

Lures that mimic small fish, used with slower techniques like drop shot or split shot rigging work good.

 

 

 

hookset on 3

[War Eagle 44]

I pond fish almost weekly, one of my best producing baits (winter, spring, summer, or fall) is a Zoom magnum lizard in green pumpkin with the tail dyed chartreuse weightless. I just rig it up on a 4/0 to 5/0 hook cast it out and watch my line until I'm sure it's on the bottom, then every 15 to 20 seconds I'll point my rod straight at the lure and turn my reel handle one full turn then let it settle back to the bottom. All I'm trying to do is make it look like it's crawling across the bottom and not a lift and fall retrieve. Doesn't work all the time, as nothing in fishing every does, but it will get bites on most days.