Pond Question

[Kevin Beachy]

The pond that i fish in is basically like a bowl. It has no structure no nothing. The deepest is about 10ft. deep. If you want to see a picture visit fishingforbass.weebly.com. I don't really know what to use. Please Help me 

[z7master167]

Try to fish the bends in the lake stand on the edge and throw on the edges on each side try a senko first and fish your way to the middle switching baits as needed

[ABW]

It would be best to just experiment with a lot of stuff. Weightless plastics like senkos, texas rigged worms, crankbaits, spinnerbaits, etc. Whenever I have to fish out into open water from the bank, I always use a Zoom Super Fluke 5" in the baby bass color and it always works for me. Best of luck fishing!

[Preytorien]

I see it's your first post?

 

Welcome to the site, it's a great place to share ideas and share some of your own fishing wisdom! Glad to have you Kevin.........

 

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Judging by the pictures on that site, I've got a couple of observations to make.....maybe some more experienced guys could chime in too.

 

1. That dock would be a good place during summer. In such a cover-sparse pond, the fish will gravitate to any shade possible, which means that dock, and also means any shady portion of the bank, or under some of that slop on the top of the water will likely hold fish in the heat of summer.

 

2. Never underestimate the slop, it holds fish because it provides shade. If your pond has more and more as the warm weather progresses, you might try a frog on top, or try punching it.

 

3. I see you've caught a crappie. Now I preface this statement by saying I'm no expert in pond/lake biology, but if I've read correctly, crappie are a very aggressive fish and compete with bass for food, usually winning. In my experience where there are crappie, the bass are either very sparse, or have stunted growth due to heavily competing food supplies. In larger lakes it's not so prevalent since the food supply is pretty extensive, but I could see a small pond like that being a virtual warzone for food between Mr. Bass and Mr. Crappie. Try using a good ole' fashioned bobber and a minnow and see which one you catch more of, that'll determine the dominant predator in your waters. Hopefully those big bass you've caught will start to tip things back in the favor of the bass.

 

4. As mentioned above, ponds are ideal for finesse tactics - senkos, T-rigs, flukes, etc. Almost all the success I have on ponds comes at the hands of a finesse tactic.

 

5. During the spring, cast parallel to the bank. The fish will be moving up shallow. If you approach the bank head-on you'll spook them, cast down the bank parallel to have a good shot at them.

 

6. As with all bank fishing, walk VERY softly, make no sudden movements, and try to wear light colored shirts to blend into the sky better. Fish can see you on the bank and will spook easily.

 

Last note.....

 

Cool website bud. Post some of those big bass pictures on it....and also on here!

[lecter]

if you can next winter get a coulpe christmas trees and put them in somewhere that you like to fish the pan fish will come around that maybe

 

[gulfcaptain]

Looks like a farm pond.  Does this one have a dam?  Does it have a wash that runs into it?  Or was it just a hole they dug out and filled up?  

[Kevin Beachy]

they dug out this pond and put rocks on the bottom.