Extremely Pressured water help!

[Combo Dombo]

Hi!,

I have started fishing a pond I stopped fishing for a while (2-3 years) I fished there the day before yesterday and yesterday. Ive tried senkos, swimbaits, jigs, drop shot, and trickworms. Nothing. The pond is extremely pressured because the park its in is a barbeque Area and people fish ALWAYS. Some use senko's, and others use live bait. There is fish cause I saw a 3 pond bass jump 2 time yesterday eating bluegill (I think) Also I a couple years ago I caught a 4-5 Pounder.

The pond is FULL of vegation now its hard to fish. Any recommendations would help.

Thanks!!

[frogflogger]

Ned rig in openings - otherwise frog - frog - and more frog - early-  midday or late - be persisitent

[A-Jay]

Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~ 

There may be quite a few suggestions offered for you.

Mine would be, if possible, fish at night.

Especially in the heat of the summer.

A-Jay

 

 

 

[roadwarrior]

 

[scaleface]

  You need to   to do what most are not willing to do . Fish the heaviest vegetation there is . I would bury the hook in the Senko Texas style not wacky rig it . You still might not  catch anything . Heavy fishing pressure sucks .

[deep]

Punching and frogs. You're welcome.

 

From my somewhat extensive experience with the local small reservoirs here, 90%+ bank fishermen are not serious bass anglers and don't use casting gear (nor fish the right locations with the right techniques).

[Dorado]

21 minutes ago, deep said:

Punching and frogs. You're welcome.

 

From my somewhat extensive experience with the local small reservoirs here, 90%+ bank fishermen are not serious bass anglers and don't use casting gear (nor fish the right locations with the right techniques).

To clarify, what does casting gear have to do with catching bass? Are you referring to using a casting reel vs. spinning reel? I could've interrupted that incorrectly too! 

[Bankbeater]

First thing I would do is find out what baits other people are using. 

Second thing I would do is see how those baits are being presented to the bass.

Then I would change up the presentation a bit and see what happens.

[deep]

11 minutes ago, Dorado said:

To clarify, what does casting gear have to do with catching bass? Are you referring to using a casting reel vs. spinning reel? I could've interrupted that incorrectly too! 

 

Not a whole lot, except that the usual spinning setup probably won't be very useful for punching/ frogs, and therefore there might be a lot of fish under the salad that are not targeted.

 

I could be way off. I don't know where the OP is located. I do know for a fact there are a lot of good swimbaiters walking the banks of SoCal CPLs.

[Dorado]

1 hour ago, deep said:

 

Not a whole lot, except that the usual spinning setup probably won't be very useful for punching/ frogs, and therefore there might be a lot of fish under the salad that are not targeted.

 

I could be way off. I don't know where the OP is located. I do know for a fact there are a lot of good swimbaiters walking the banks of SoCal CPLs.

Right on, I understand now. I totally misunderstood and see what you meant.  I was just sticking up for the spinning gear guys LOL. You're right about casting outfits having their time and place and I have seen countless videos of SoCal anglers catching monsters off swimbaits. The videos were so inspirational that I almost had my Christmas list made up. But, I'll resist the urge and stick with my finesse gear. 

 

 

All good responses so far. OP - I fish highly pressured ponds in Phoenix metro area so I know all about crowds. Fish at night. I haven't figured the summer bite but here's what works in Fall, Winter, and Spring (think finesse):

 

-3" grubs

-4" PowerWorms on sliderheads

-Zoom Super Fluke Jr. (Albino or White Ice)

-Zoom Finesse Worms on sliderheads

-small chrome w/ blue back rattletraps. 

-Strike King Bitsy Bugs w/ Netbait Chunk

 

Disclosure: Threadfin Shad is our primary forage. If bluegill are your primary, I'd be Wacky or TX-Rigging a 4" Senko in Green Pumpkin w/ Black Flakes. I did this a lot in Denver Metro and rarely got skunked and you talk about pressure. Good luck!