Multiple Species Tips

[smr_hga]

Ok so in june me and my family are going up to maryland to visit our old hometown. There is a small pond in the neighborhood and i am planning to fish there with my friend. There are, as far as i know, bluegill, largemouth, catfish and something like a landlocked striped bass. I would like tips on catching catfish and striped/white bass. Im not 100% sure what the white/striped bass was since it was years ago when i caught one. It did seem something like a landlocked striper though. So i would like to have as many tips on catching these species, preferly catfish or white/striped bass. Any northern fishing tips would help because ive pretty much forgotten all the best methods since im used to florida fishing now.

[the reel ess]

Rooster Tails, Beetle Spins with white grub, Rebel Wee Craw in small size. Crickets for bream, hot dogs (yes, hot dogs) for catfish. You should be well-stocked.

 

It's unlikely there are stripers in there. They can't survive in a place where they can't get deep enough to get proper oxygen and temp in the summer. Oxygen gets low in a pond in the heat of summer.

 

Hank Parker has hybrids (white/stripers) stocked in a family pond, but it's big and he aerates it and stocks with shad. If they're there, they like fishy lures like soft swimbaits, crankbaits, bucktails. If they're in there, there'll be shad or blueback herring too because they eat too much to be put in a pond without a lot of bait. So you'd want to match the hatch.

 

Good luck.

[sprint61]

Catch some minnoww from the creek and hook them like you would for crappie that will get you the LMB, cats, and hybrids. Just grab some wax worms for the gills from Wally world.

[nicksmurf111]

Catfish love chicken liver if you can keep it on the hook.

[smr_hga]

Theres definetly enough bluegill and sunfish to feed multiple predators. Also i think it was probably the striper hybrid.

[CeeJay]

For me it's enormous fun catching varieties of fish.

If the bass and others aren't producing or you get bored with them, I would definitely cast flies for the bluegill.  Or if not, than small inline spinners.

A split shot or two in front of any cheap wet fly or streamer will catch tons of gills and other sunnies with a pause and sweep type retrieve.

 

Any cut bait for the catfish will bring out the bigger ones.  Or even those commercial catfish nuggets...though those caught me as many snapping turtles as channel cats

 

I have no idea about striper/hybrid fishing, but the other folks here are wise.

 

Have fun!

[Turtle135]

Is it possible the fish you are thinking of is the white perch? Same family as striped bass. As far as I know we do not have white bass in Maryland. We do have striped bass and hybrids in some waters but generally not found in ponds (usually the bigger reservoirs in the state). Some ponds do have populations of white perch.

 

[smr_hga]

Is it possible the fish you are thinking of is the white perch? Same family as striped bass. As far as I know we do not have white bass in Maryland. We do have striped bass and hybrids in some waters but generally not found in ponds (usually the bigger reservoirs in the state). Some ponds do have populations of white perch.

 

YES. This was like 5 years ago but as far as i remember that is pretty much what it looked like. It was small like 6 inches. Also if it helps i caught it on a worm.

[the reel ess]

That could've been a white perch. They eat everything. To prepare for them, take anything. LOL. They like crappie jigs and live minnows. But they'll also hit Shad Raps and even larger crankbaits like Norman's. They're fun on panfish tackle. Taste good too. They're a bit invasive in SC so there's currently no limit on them here. They compete with everything, are voracious eaters and eat fish eggs. I certainly wouldn't put them in a pond. 

[Turtle135]

YES. This was like 5 years ago but as far as i remember that is pretty much what it looked like. It was small like 6 inches. Also if it helps i caught it on a worm.

 

They are a lot of fun and good eating. Small spinners, spinnerbaits and beetle spins are good lures for white perch.

[*Hank]

Catch some minnoww from the creek and hook them like you would for crappie that will get you the LMB, cats, and hybrids. Just grab some wax worms for the gills from Wally world.

Ya you could catch just about any thing doing that.