Super User Senko lover Posted November 17, 2014 Super User Posted November 17, 2014 I've caught bass in a cemetery pond near my house all summer. It's full of little bass and a lot of fun to fish. However, after the first cold fronts started sweeping through, the bass shut up and I haven't been able to draw a strike or even see a bass. I don't have experience with winter fishing at all, but I've tried most traditional techniques, such as finessing the bottom (using grubs and then bigger baits), and small jigs. Like I said, haven't caught a thing. Any suggestions? Quote
Super User Senko lover Posted November 17, 2014 Author Super User Posted November 17, 2014 Live bait Besides that lol. Quote
Inflatable Raft Bum Posted November 17, 2014 Posted November 17, 2014 It was a joke.. Time for tv shows.. And scouting new spots for next year 1 Quote
cottny27 Posted November 17, 2014 Posted November 17, 2014 I have good luck with suspending cranks in clearer water. Rapala Xrap shad even when part of the lake is freezing over. Quote
Fishing&Tennis Posted November 17, 2014 Posted November 17, 2014 It's the same thing on the pond near my house, recently a really cold, cold front came by and the fish stopped being active. However a wacky rigged roboworm straight tail (6 inch) on a 1/8 oz wacky jig head fished slowly for a really long flutter/sink, and fishing a H2O express swimbait sunfish 3 1/2 inch (only $4.99) has worked ok for me, considering the conditions. Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted November 17, 2014 Super User Posted November 17, 2014 It was a joke.. Time for tv shows.. And scouting new spots for next year Take a bucket full of shiners and some slip floats out to your local pond this winter and tell me it's a joke 2 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted November 18, 2014 Global Moderator Posted November 18, 2014 Take a bucket full of shiners and some slip floats out to your local pond this winter and tell me it's a joke I used to do this every winter until I bought a boat and started fishing the power plant lakes. Find the deepest water in the pond and suspend a couple minnows right off the bottom or even fish them on the bottom with a slip sinker rig. It's not the most exciting fishing but you'll catch way more fish in extremely cold ponds doing that than you will on lures. A suspending jerkbait is about the only lure I'll fish in very cold ponds. Soft twitches and long pauses will get them, but you have to be very patient to do it. I took this one on the second of February a few years ago a day or two after ice out from a pond on a 78 pointer. 4 Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted November 18, 2014 Super User Posted November 18, 2014 I used to do this every winter until I bought a boat and started fishing the power plant lakes. Find the deepest water in the pond and suspend a couple minnows right off the bottom or even fish them on the bottom with a slip sinker rig. It's not the most exciting fishing but you'll catch way more fish in extremely cold ponds doing that than you will on lures. A suspending jerkbait is about the only lure I'll fish in very cold ponds. Soft twitches and long pauses will get them, but you have to be very patient to do it. I took this one on the second of February a few years ago a day or two after ice out from a pond on a 78 pointer. That fish is a tank! Did you get a weight on her? Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted November 18, 2014 Global Moderator Posted November 18, 2014 That fish is a tank! Did you get a weight on her? Right at 5. Quote
Super User Senko lover Posted November 18, 2014 Author Super User Posted November 18, 2014 Thanks for the advice, guys. I have tried a suspending jerk as well to no success. However, as I posted elsewhere, I was able to catch one when I went out yesterday. My first fish since the cold fronts went through and also my first jig fish! It was fun. I used a small finesse jig (Strike King Bitsy Flip) and was able to draw that one strike. Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted November 18, 2014 Super User Posted November 18, 2014 Right at 5. You ever fish light blade baits? (for those same winter pond bass) Quote
salmotrutta Posted November 18, 2014 Posted November 18, 2014 I would try ripping rat l traps or a Blade bait off the bottom looking foe a reaction strike.If thats a no go try a more non aggresive tactic by slow rolling Keitech swing impacts(swimbait) very very slow off the bottom. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted November 19, 2014 Global Moderator Posted November 19, 2014 You ever fish light blade baits? (for those same winter pond bass) That particular pond was only about 7' deep and because of a few bad apples nobody is allowed to fish it anymore. I've never had much luck with blade baits. I've caught white bass with Cicadas but very few bass with any of them. Quote
Super User Solution Sam Posted November 19, 2014 Super User Solution Posted November 19, 2014 Cemetery pond? Its the ghosts. The ghosts are fed up with you and they are spooking the bass. DON'T FISH THAT POND AT NIGHT. They will get you. Quote
Super User Senko lover Posted November 19, 2014 Author Super User Posted November 19, 2014 Cemetery pond? Its the ghosts. The ghosts are fed up with you and they are spooking the bass. DON'T FISH THAT POND AT NIGHT. They will get you. Thanks for the help guys. Quote
riverbasser13 Posted November 20, 2014 Posted November 20, 2014 Hmmmm do you think the ghosts bass fish? Is there fishing in the afterlife? Quote
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