Pond Fishing

[Bigboy28438]

Hello all, I am going to just ask the group about this situation that happened to me a few days ago. I fished a pond with no results. The fish was busting the water all over this pond. I thrower topwater baits big and small. I fished worms rigged several different ways. Most ever cast the bream would bite my worm in half and could not even get the bream to bite after that. When I did manage to catch a fish it was a catfish. I have caught nice bass and bream out of this pond on many trips. But now it just seems to be like this all the time. This pond is about 5 acres and has some good fishing in it. Now this has happened and I'm just trying to figure it out. What do y'all think I need to do. I really like to ask questions about bass fishing because I won't to learn. Also the bream are not a problem because I changed to crickets and worms and started catching bream. But mr bass is a different issue, still not catching them at all. Thanks in advance.

[Catch and Grease]

how pressured is this small 5 acre pond?

 

just keep fishing man

[Bigboy28438]

Pond is about 5 acres and myself and one more guy fishes it. I have been catching bass for the last few months. It has came to a stand still. The biggest bass was 6.4 pounds. All fish was also released back to. I am new to bass fishing so I am just asking questions so I will know how to become a better bass fisher. Thanks again

[buzzed bait]

do you have any topwater style lures that you can tie on since they were hitting the topwater?  those worms and crickets may not have been what was on the menu that day if they were killing the baitfish on the top....  i love fishing with pop-r style baits... maybe tie one on and give it a shot next time you see them hitting the top like that

[buzzed bait]

A great way to combat overfishing is to use livebait (preferably baitfish) or present an uncommon lure.

 

Figure what they're feeding on at this time of year. Are you seeing them lunge out of the water for bugs and frogs or are they chasing schools of baitfish in depths? Match you're lures and colors with what they're feeding on.

 

If you're led to believe that there aren't that many or no bass in the waters contact the pond's owner for some restocking.

 

dude, welcome to the forums, but for the love of god figure out how to take a fish picture without standing on the fish

[warpath58]

Try a black floating flip tail lizard rig it Texas with a 3.0-5.0 hook and throw it on the bank and drag it in and hang on. WWW.FLIPTAIL-LURES.com

[Bigboy28438]

Thanks for the info. Will give it a try. Again thanks.

[Trap-n-Fish]

I fished a pond the other day where the bass were chasing minnows and had decent results with a super fluke.

[Grizzn N Bassin]

dude, welcome to the forums, but for the love of god figure out how to take a fish picture without standing on the fish

laughing out loud hahahaha

[Grizzn N Bassin]

Try a black floating flip tail lizard rig it Texas with a 3.0-5.0 hook and throw it on the bank and drag it in and hang on. WWW.FLIPTAIL-LURES.com

 

worms as in ribbon tail ,saw tail or senko? get some senkos and hook em wacky , try thumping a crank slow or hitting up in the am and pm with some top water baits, get a 3/8 buzz bait and cast parallel to the shore sometimes they like burned sometimes they like it when the blade is bubbling. try a jitterbug, or a spook. just keep chucking things around you find them. once you catch a fish or they stop hitting in that area ill toss a jig or a weightless soft plastic in there and fish slow. 

 

 

once they stop i give it a rest and find another area to produce. with these small ponds i don't like to hit one area to hard they shut down pretty quickly. but write down that spot what time what lures wind and get notes if you really want to learn the fish 

[bigbill]

Worms are the problem. The bass prefer something moving like a mepps inline spinner.

[Catch and Grease]

Well in our pond (smaller than five acres) it used to be really easy to catch good bass out of it but now you can throw everything and they wont bite.

 

I guess after catching all of the bass five times a piece they learned a thing or two, now you really have to be precise and methodical when trying to catch them..

[Bigboy28438]

Had to share this I carried my little girl to this same pond and she told me she would show me how to catch em. She fishes a white fluke weightless and hammered the bass. She loves to fish. And she loves a white fluke.

[FrogTosser88]

Ya i plan on my kid being ablento fish by 3 or so.. Lol and he better like it!!

[Grizzn N Bassin]

Gonna keep dis icon for a long time. >:-)

Doesn't bother man I was just cracking up at his post.. nice fish what did you catch her on?

[gulfcaptain]

pond fishing you need a few techniques to fall back on.  As someone said if you pressure the fish too much with one type of presentation you can blow through the fish you're catching quickly.  Have a few different baits and just be ready if you're killing them one day that it may shut off the next and have to start over.

[Bigboy28438]

Thanks for all the post and information about this topic. It's really good to have a family of fisherman that helps out the way this group has. Again thanks.

[GoDeep]

A great way to combat overfishing is to use livebait (preferably baitfish) or present an uncommon lure.

 

Figure what they're feeding on at this time of year. Are you seeing them lunge out of the water for bugs and frogs or are they chasing schools of baitfish in depths? Match you're lures and colors with what they're feeding on.

 

If you're led to believe that there aren't that many or no bass in the waters contact the pond's owner for some restocking.

You really stuck your foot on that fish????

[Fish2FISH]

Are you only using live bait, or are you using artificial too? If only using live bait, I would suggest trying a few artificial baits to give the fish a moving target and a little different look. Try a popper as someone else mentioned. I grew up fishing a 1 acre pond that I pretty much had to myself. For me, buzzbaIts, poppers, and weightless senkos always yielded the best results. If you try a popper, don't forget to let it soak from time to time. I'd let mine sit for up to a minute sometimes...and then just barely twitch it, and that would often trigger a bite. Good luck!!

[buzzed bait]

Doesn't bother man I was just cracking up at his post.. nice fish what did you catch her on?

 

evidently a worm, on a hook, tied to his shoelaces that are missing.....

[Grizzn N Bassin]

evidently a worm, on a hook, tied to his shoelaces that are missing.....

Hahaha!!!!!! Your killing me man

[ClackerBuzz]

1 fish are smart. even if you are the only person fishing the pond they will quickly (less than 3 weeks) become accustomed to lures. a buzzbait might slay them at first. but throw it there everyday and they won't even raise an eyebrow after 2-3 weeks.

2 no fish on a senko? you're likely adding too much action.  i rarely meet bass that can win the senko starring game.

3 move to deeper water.  baitfish nipping at ur lure is a good AND bad sign. it's good b/c ur in a good/fishy area so there are bass around. bad news is the bait is shallow and the bass are deeper. you need to cast over the bait to reach the deep water bass.  sometimes you can't pull this off from shore.

4 realize you have limited shoreline access.  the bass in these access areas also get smart fast. try to find new shore access points and ur bass frenzy will pick up where u left off

[SirSnookalot]

South Florida community ponds must be different.  We have a fellow that's just here in the winter, fishes the same small pond every day with nothing but a senko, day in and day out it's fish after fish caught.  I've been fish the same ponds for the last 10 years, I don't fish senkos much, for me it's the same hard lures, I don't change much.  I don't catch as much as the other guy but I do catch just about every time I fish.