Pond Advice

[Bigboy28438]

I have several ponds that have good bass,bluegill and crappie fishing in them. The problem is every way I've fished these ponds grass algae u name it tangles up my baits. These pond are really bad with grass algae silt looking grass. I have caught nice bass in some of the openings but I'm limited hear. Anyone have these problems on your ponds you fish. Could u guys give me any information on ways to make this problem better. Thanks in advance. I had thought about trying the drop shotting method but I would have to rig it at least 4 to 5 feet from the bottom to get it out of this stuff. I am totally new at bass fishing so I'm just asking and trying to learn as much as possible. Thanks in advance on any info on this matter.

[OroBass]

Weedless frogs work well for me. Use heavy braid to bring in all the salad. Weightless senkos cast into the holes in the slop. Possibly a punch rig.

[Senko lover]

Frogs will work; and "punching" the grass with a heavy jig and braid will work too. Spinnerbaits are also pretty weedless. 

[fishballer06]

I always say "whenever I can't bring a lure through the water, bring it over the water". 

[Bassun]

Just curious, are these ponds you personally own or just ponds you have access to fish?  If they are your ponds, you may want to actually consider some pond management to improve fishability and the fishery as a whole.  Depending on the situation you have, a few dollars spent on controlling the algea and an appropriate number of diploid grass carp could massively improve your ponds.

[FrogTosser88]

So, even your weedless soft plastics are getting slatherd in goop?... Its isually the ponds that have no current at all that seem to be affected by that real fine stuff.. Over here it just seems to die off after a few months.

[geo g]

When I'm fishing real thick gnarly stuff, I will fish the regulars big worms, Beavers, creature baits with big weights.  A weightless senko Texas Rigged with the tapered end hooked comes through stuff amazingly without catching all the garbage.  You can fish it slow and when it hits a little hole just shake it without moving.  The key is to Texas Rig the tapered end.

[gardnerjigman]

as said, top water weedless frogs (hollow or soft body) weightless sinkos, punch baits. Braid Braid Braid. Those fish know just how to nose dive into the thick stuff and if you aren't equipped to pull them through it you will be greatly disappointed.

[Hyrule Bass]

Just curious, are these ponds you personally own or just ponds you have access to fish?  If they are your ponds, you may want to actually consider some pond management to improve fishability and the fishery as a whole.  Depending on the situation you have, a few dollars spent on controlling the algea and an appropriate number of diploid grass carp could massively improve your ponds.

i disagree here. most states probably dont even allow diploid grass carp, as theyre fertile and spread like wildfire. what you would want are sterile or triploid grass carp.

 

as for the OP, i fish a pond like that. weightless t-rigged plastics are your best friend in ponds like that. also baits without treble hooks will save you from constantly picking out grass from your lures. using weights is just going to pick up more algae and grass. also if there are open sections on top of the water you can run some moving baits through there like spinnerbaits and buzzbaits and keep them above the grass on the bottom of the pond. top water frogs will also work well dragging them across floating mats of algae on top of the water. same with weightless plastics drag them across the algae matts and let them fall into holes.

 

also, you dont need braid. mono will work just fine coming through pond algae. i swear, people here will have you spending a million dollars on stuff that you just dont need...

[Bassun]

i disagree here. most states probably dont even allow diploid grass carp, as theyre fertile and spread like wildfire. what you would want are sterile or triploid grass carp.

 

 

My appologies, I did mis-speak and absolutely triploid not diploid, lol.  Thanks for the catch!

[hatrix]

I am not sure what kinda of grass or slime you have or even what kind of lure  your using but... You can put a bead on your line with a bobber stop behind it up from your lure a bit and it might help you. I do it all the time when fishing hudds on the bottom. It will deflect away the stuff you run into and keep it off your bait. It works wonders for keeping the slime off the nose of your baits.

[Fish_Whisperer]

i disagree here. most states probably dont even allow diploid grass carp, as theyre fertile and spread like wildfire. what you would want are sterile or triploid grass carp.

 

as for the OP, i fish a pond like that. weightless t-rigged plastics are your best friend in ponds like that. also baits without treble hooks will save you from constantly picking out grass from your lures. using weights is just going to pick up more algae and grass. also if there are open sections on top of the water you can run some moving baits through there like spinnerbaits and buzzbaits and keep them above the grass on the bottom of the pond. top water frogs will also work well dragging them across floating mats of algae on top of the water. same with weightless plastics drag them across the algae matts and let them fall into holes.

 

also, you dont need braid. mono will work just fine coming through pond algae. i swear, people here will have you spending a million dollars on stuff that you just dont need...

Good advice, if you do feel the need for some weight, perhaps some weighted hooks would work.