How Would You Fish These Spots?

[Vaporwave]

been lurking for a month or so and just started angling for about a month now.

 

 

Anyways I have been fishing this slow moving bayou with a pond that is next to it. I have never caught anything in the pond but in the bayou I have caught a few (3) bass. In the bayou I see some big bass hop off the water and also see these other massive fish (like 5-7lb) with slightly orange tails, not sure what they are. There's catfish in it too

 

The water is murky brown, Cant even see half a foot deep. Its a slow moving current. And its only about 6ft deep and thats near the middle.

 

I have caught the bass with 5 1/2in brown with red specks texas rigged swim senkos (3/16 bullet weights) on 10lb test braided line. They werent as big as the fish I have seen in it but enough to keep me coming back. The past 3 days though I havent caught a thing. I tried using some other lures like a dark chatter bait with a black grub tail trailer, spinnerbaits, and rubber crawdads and normal senko's.. Sill nothing. I seem to only have gotten fish that first day I went up there....

 

Here is a  picture of the part of the bayou I am fishing

http://i.imgur.com/lWxoQCR.jpg

 

I normally spend most of the time far left where there is a little stream. There is an eddy next to it and I generally cast around there since I have only caught fish there. But would it be worth while to try some other spots? I see fish flopping around further down and cast around there sometimes but still nothing. Should I try using something else?  Any other tips you all could share would sure be nice as this is the only spot within driving distance that I can fish and I sure enjoyed catching them on that first day.

 

 

 

Also here is a pond thats within walking distance to the bayou. I fished it one day but didnt catch a thing. I dont even know if fish are in it. What spots should I try to fish from? Any tips? 

http://imgur.com/7ZfUXzP

[Nuffsaid23]

Well it looks and sounds like you have a great spot to fish. Of course we don't want to try to fish with anything that'll bring back the green slime so if any lure you ever are using does that, it is too deep and probably time to change it. Now, have you caught any bass that have the slime on them anywhere? If you have, that means they are settled down low. On days the have similar conditions, fish what worked on that day. You could try a shallow(I mean really shallow) crankbait to try and trigger a reaction strike and get them pulled up from down low. If they didn't have slime on them, go with a top water frog. You can run it parallel to the bank or toss it to the other side on land and slide it into the water. If they bass are close by you don't want that frog slapping the water and have them running off. Try moving up and down the bank. Take a couple casts in one area and if no hits or catches then move down a little ways. If you cover a large amount of ground with a frog and don't have anything then change lures. A suspending jerk bait or crankbait would work. It does for me at least. Since the water is dark you will need some high contrast colors. For top water frog try a white matzuo popper frog. I'm not sure of the name and I'm sorry about that. White frogs would do well or a scum frog that's green and has red and brown flakes. On that scum frog I like the one with the bristle legs. Maybe just maybe a weightless fluke is a good option but word a word of caution, use it on a spinning reel unless you have experience on a bait caster.

For the pond if you have access to all sides, try to find a spot where the water enters the pond. It has to have an entry point and that's where bass will be because of food/ oxygen will be the most concentrated. You may also find baitfish and try to find out what they are and how big they are. Then by baits according to what they look like and size wise. I like to cover ground with spinner and buzz baits. Just toss then in and cover as much ground as you can. They are a great scouting tool for finding the structure and cover of the land.

I hope this helps. If it doesn't then shame on me for not knowing any better. This has been all of my tactics for places that I fish exactly like those. You wouldn't happen to be in Mississippi would you? That looks just like a place where I go once or twice a week just to see what's up with the bass there.

Good luck and update us on how it goes.

Talk soon

[Vaporwave]

Well it looks and sounds like you have a great spot to fish. Of course we don't want to try to fish with anything that'll bring back the green slime so if any lure you ever are using does that, it is too deep and probably time to change it. Now, have you caught any bass that have the slime on them anywhere? If you have, that means they are settled down low. On days the have similar conditions, fish what worked on that day. You could try a shallow(I mean really shallow) crankbait to try and trigger a reaction strike and get them pulled up from down low. If they didn't have slime on them, go with a top water frog. You can run it parallel to the bank or toss it to the other side on land and slide it into the water. If they bass are close by you don't want that frog slapping the water and have them running off. Try moving up and down the bank. Take a couple casts in one area and if no hits or catches then move down a little ways. If you cover a large amount of ground with a frog and don't have anything then change lures. A suspending jerk bait or crankbait would work. It does for me at least. Since the water is dark you will need some high contrast colors. For top water frog try a white matzuo popper frog. I'm not sure of the name and I'm sorry about that. White frogs would do well or a scum frog that's green and has red and brown flakes. On that scum frog I like the one with the bristle legs. Maybe just maybe a weightless fluke is a good option but word a word of caution, use it on a spinning reel unless you have experience on a bait caster.

For the pond if you have access to all sides, try to find a spot where the water enters the pond. It has to have an entry point and that's where bass will be because of food/ oxygen will be the most concentrated. You may also find baitfish and try to find out what they are and how big they are. Then by baits according to what they look like and size wise. I like to cover ground with spinner and buzz baits. Just toss then in and cover as much ground as you can. They are a great scouting tool for finding the structure and cover of the land.

I hope this helps. If it doesn't then shame on me for not knowing any better. This has been all of my tactics for places that I fish exactly like those. You wouldn't happen to be in Mississippi would you? That looks just like a place where I go once or twice a week just to see what's up with the bass there.

Good luck and update us on how it goes.

Talk soon

 

Hey man thanks for the reply, I haven't gone out there since my post but I am definitely going to try using frogs and cranks next time I go out there. Going to try to cover ground more ground too. Not sure why I thought it would be a good idea just to sit in one spot lol. And the bass I caught did not have slime on them so that would mean they aren't down low right?

 

I am really interested in the pond though, I think I might know the spot that the water enters, its a big pipe opening, the pipe's other end is actually in the bayou. So I'm guessing when the bayou fills up the water runs through into the pond. I'm gonna definitely try around there next time I go. There is a bunch of small trees that grow out of the water in that area.

 

And no not in mississippi man. Houston actually, alot of bayous around here just like this.

[Nuffsaid23]

Hey man thanks for the reply, I haven't gone out there since my post but I am definitely going to try using frogs and cranks next time I go out there. Going to try to cover ground more ground too. Not sure why I thought it would be a good idea just to sit in one spot lol. And the bass I caught did not have slime on them so that would mean they aren't down low right?

I am really interested in the pond though, I think I might know the spot that the water enters, its a big pipe opening, the pipe's other end is actually in the bayou. So I'm guessing when the bayou fills up the water runs through into the pond. I'm gonna definitely try around there next time I go. There is a bunch of small trees that grow out of the water in that area.

And no not in mississippi man. Houston actually, alot of bayous around here just like this.

Yes sir that's where those bass will be. It also depends on how deep that slime is and it sounds like the slime is pretty close to the top. Suspending cranks and jerk baits, top water frogs and wait less flukes sound good.

That's great that you have found that pipe. Whether it's the enter point or exit point they both yield fish. There's a great article on BR by clacker buzz I think that tells a lot more about it.

I wish you the best of luck and keep posted on your results!

Talk soon,

Jacob Cokely.