Golf course ponds

[Pro Logcatcher]

I am going to be fishing at a golf course tomorrow. Any tips on good lures? 

[Jar11591]

The golf course ponds I fish usually have a lot of algae and weed mats on the surface. I like to throw frogs, T-rigged ribbon tail worms and senkos. 

[jr231]

It depends on the size , depth , color and temperature of the water... Weather conditions...

 

If it's not fished very often. I'd try a senko pitched to obvious bass locations (cat tails, sunken trees, a small cove) then followed by a jig. 

[FordsnFishin]

Last one I fished, a buddy and I threw jerk baits. We caught over 150 bass in 2 hours.  Would have stayed longer but we got ran off by the manager. 

[J Francho]

3 minutes ago, FordsnFishin said:

Last one I fished, a buddy and I threw jerk baits. We caught over 150 bass in 2 hours.  Would have stayed longer but we got ran off by the manager. 

 

Trespassing.  Promoting breaking the law is no bueno here.  Also, that's one fish every 1.6 minutes or less.

 

If you're going to try and fish a golf course, you better have permission.

[FordsnFishin]

8 minutes ago, J Francho said:

 

Trespassing.  Promoting breaking the law is no bueno here.  Also, that's one fish every 1.6 minutes or less.

 

If you're going to try and fish a golf course, you better have permission.

Was roughly 8 years ago.  We were only 17 at the time. Family friend lived on the golf course,  we fished his pond out back.  This pond was 50 yards away.  Honestly didn't know any better. 

 

After talking to the ground keeper (told us we needed to talk to the manager if  we were to fish it), we went to manager to ask permission.  Said it was a liability issue,  we haven't been back since.

 

Not sure how I was promoting trespassing,  but sorry if it came off as that way. 

 

You are correct on the math francho. But it was probably closer to a fish every minute. Nothing of size,  but the pond was loaded. 

[J Francho]

I just didn't want this thread going in that direction.  Your all good.

 

And that's awesome.  I can only think of a few days where it fish after fish, cast for cast.  They were usually smallies.  I remember one day, my uncle started throwing an unbaited, bare, gold hook with a bit of splt shot for weight up the line, and catching.  I suppose that answers the question of whether fish see the hook!

[FordsnFishin]

Understood. 

 

Having a day like that catching smalls would be one to remember. 

 

The other pond that we had permission to fish,  there would be days you could throw out a t rig power worm and before it would hit the bottom, fish on. 

 

That pond is what got me hooked on bass fishing.  Taught me how to work different lures. Been a good 5 years since I've been there. 

 

To the OP, my buddy used to always kill me with chatter baits in ponds. Didn't seem to matter what pond.  Might be worth a shot. 

[CroakHunter]

Frog, swim jig, Texas rig. 

[Outdoor Zack]

Trick worm, senko, finesse worm, etc. would be my first option.  I might otherwise go with with a squarebill or spinnerbait (small one and only in dirty/stained water).

 

 

to tell you the truth, there really isn't a bad choice.  

 

 

Don't overlook a panfish rig either.  Small crankbaits, spinners, jigs, and plastics are killer for small and medium bass (Big ones too,i suppose,) and panfish.  You could also go fish bait (worms, bread, minnows, etc.) to just have a good time 

 

 

[RPreeb]

I play a lot of golf, and the ponds at my home course have some decent bass (I see them often when they are cruising near shore), but nobody fishes them because the district won't authorize it.  The reason they give is that they are afraid that someone would try to keep them for eating, and because of the use of chemical fertilizers, etc. on the course and subsequent concentration in the ponds, the fish may not be safe to eat.  I worked there for the first 5 years after I retired, and even employees were barred from fishing.  

 

There are some nice 2-3 pound largemouth for certain, maybe some bigger that I haven't seen from shore, and some 10+ pound carp.  There must be some bait fish or some other sort of food supply, but I've never seen any of that.  I suspect that there is a good crawdad population, as that's pretty typical in ponds along the Colorado front range.

[Pro Logcatcher]

Thanks for all the help! I caught about 25 bass with each one weighing 2+ pounds. I used a buzzbait for most of it but caught some on a spinnerbait, popper, and pumpkinseed fluke.