Pond baits

[KyleB428]

Favorite pond baits? Looking for something that could work most places.

[Raul]

spinnerbaits, in-line spinners, lipless cranks, soft plastic baits, jerkbaits, depending on how deep is the pond diving crankbaits.

[Brett's_daddy]

This time of year I would start with topwater and more specifically a Whopper Plopper, buzzbait, spook, popper etc. Next would be shallow to mid level jerkbaits and crankbaits. This is also prime swimbait season so your glide baits and segmented swimbaits will work well. Last but certainly not least would be the bottom baits like your spinnerbaits, jigs, craws and senkos. Those are what I throw for the Fall.

[Raul]

3 minutes ago, Brett's_daddy said:

This time of year I would start with topwater and more specifically a Whopper Plopper, buzzbait, spook, popper etc. Next would be shallow to mid level jerkbaits and crankbaits. This is also prime swimbait season so your glide baits and segmented swimbaits will work well. Last but certainly not least would be the bottom baits like your spinnerbaits, jigs, craws and senkos. Those are what I throw for the Fall.

How come spinnerbaits and senkos are "bottom baits" ?  

[Brett's_daddy]

Just now, Raul said:

How come spinnerbaits and senkos are "bottom baits" ?  

Not necessarily bottom baits but I tend to fish them low in the water column but they are pretty versatile and can really be fished at just about any level.

[bigbill]

In the fall when the weather is colder, I like the yum money minnow with a dying minnow presentation by twitching slowly with a jerk sometimes in the beginning. Otherwise it's my normal ritual of baits. Rapala orginal floaters, bomber model A, model FAT A crankbaits, manns classic spinnerbaits, (was once the Hank Parker classic spinnerbait), topwater pop r, ext. don't be afraid to try different sizes and colors. Let the water condition gods guide you for color selection.

 

presentations can be the key to success, try different presentations. Like a rapala orginal floater f7 with a slow reel. Then try a little twitch n pause, then a longer pause. Make each twitch n pause picture perfect. Wear polarized glasses and look for short strikes behind your baits that run near the surface. If there is short strikes, slow up your retrieve or change colors. If you don't wear polarized glasses you could be missing lots of fish.

 

wether a bait is a bottom runner or not depends on how fast you reel it or how high you hold your rod tip up. If you hold your rod tip down near the ground it may give you more depth but my snag on the bottom too.

 

dont leave out the plastics, c-rigs, split shot rigs, wacky rig, and a worm rattle insert too. 

 

We can fish fish depending on where we live till the ice happens, I caught my biggest bass ever in the light snow just before thanksgiving and lost it. I been bummed ever since.

 

its skill not luck that catches fish.

 

i mainly fish from shore so it's no different than fishing from a boat only backwards. Lol

[NYWayfarer]

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12 minutes ago, bigbill said:

i mainly fish from shore so it's no different than fishing from a boat only backwards. Lol

I agree. The one difference is I can't motor or paddle over to a stuck lure to get it undone. I am not wading or swimming in to get a lure so I stick with inexpensive baits when shore fishing. 

 

My go to pond bait is the Yum Dinger in 3, 4 and 5 inch sizes. They sink slowly and are ideal for shallow ponds.  

[Raul]

35 minutes ago, Brett's_daddy said:

Not necessarily bottom baits but I tend to fish them low in the water column but they are pretty versatile and can really be fished at just about any level.

So, don't say they are "bottom baits".

[bigbill]

48 minutes ago, NYWayfarer said:

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I agree. The one difference is I can't motor or paddle over to a stuck lure to get it undone. I am not wading or swimming in to get a lure so I stick with inexpensive baits when shore fishing. 

 

My go to pond bait is the Yum Dinger in 3, 4 and 5 inch sizes. They sink slowly and are ideal for shallow ponds.  

I very seldom lose baits in trees or snagged on a yearly basis. I go for years losing nothing sometimes. But my PB record is five brand new baits lost on one trip. Haven't repeated that in years I was in a rush to fish. Even cast was like a quarterback having a bad day lol.

 

i use the 0.99 cent stuff in rivers and streams.

[Drew03cmc]

In ponds, I normally toss beaver baits Rage rigged, swim jigs or spinnerbaits

[bagofdonuts]

t rigged worm will work anywhere. best pond bait ever.

i have to give some warning that i haven't fished a pond in a few years. but when i did, the worm was hard to beat. couple of hooks and weights in your pocket and a pack of mann's jelly worms and your good to go.

[Jar11591]

When I hear "pond" I think small, shallow and vegetated. When I am pond fishing, a Texas rig and a weedless frog do the most damage.

[burrows]

I’ve been throwing flukes lately here in California in farm ponds been on a fluke roll actually every where.

[MIbassyaker]

Something on top: Popper, frog, buzzbait
Something mid-depth: Spinnerbait, senko/stickworm, fluke

Something on the bottom: Worm or creature on a texas rig

[BuzzHudson19c]

6 hours ago, KyleB428 said:

Favorite pond baits?

Frog.

 

6 hours ago, KyleB428 said:

Looking for something that could work most places.

Some type of "senko-style" plastic.

 

 

[bigbill]

Ok one place I fish is 9' deep where I'm fishing. Beyond where I fish I'm not sure but my cast out pod from my portable hummingbird fishfinder says it's 9' deep across the channel.

 

the second area I fish is 5' deep but has a 9' hole where it's going shallow into the flats on the right, while the left side seems to stay at 5' deep yet it's going deeper in the direction away from me.

 

the third area I'm not sure yet it's the third man made dam and drop off.

 

my point is it's harder to fish if we don't know the depth and bottom structure. The cast out hummingbird portable opens up a whole new window in fishing from shore.

[BassB8Caster]

I fish mostly small (100 acres and less) ponds from a kayak. Baits really depend on time of year for me here in maine. I typically start off in the morning with a topwater (spro rat, whopper plopper) along weed edges and channels. If that doesnt produce ill go down a little deeper with a square bill. All depends where the fish are. Right now they are out 30 to 50 feet off cover. I hammered them last sunday with a sexy shad square bill and 5.8 keitech. If they are up close to shore in vegetation im tieing on a TR worm or lizard, mixing in a swim jig. Find em first, then pick area apart!

[Brett's_daddy]

7 hours ago, Raul said:

So, don't say they are "bottom baits".

Lighten up man!

[GreenGhostMan]

Senkos are the classic king of pond lures.  Should always take them when fishing a pond.

 

Spinnerbaits

swim jigs

hollow body frogs

whopper plopper

swing shads on weighted swimbait hook

squarebill if not too much vegetation around shore

texas rigged

     trick worms

     pitt boss

     rage bug

Shakey head

     super fluke

     roboworms

     finesse worms

     pitt boss

 

[ohboyitsrobby]

T-rig with a baby brush hog or a dinger, spinnerbait, and a topwater (spook or frog) i prefer a spook but it prefers to not be in the grass or pads.

[Tara-senko]

On 10/15/2017 at 8:09 AM, ohboyitsrobby said:

T-rig with a baby brush hog or a dinger, spinnerbait, and a topwater (spook or frog) i prefer a spook but it prefers to not be in the grass or pads.

 

On 10/13/2017 at 12:53 PM, KyleB428 said:

Favorite pond baits? Looking for something that could work most places.

Robb is on point here again, I'd throw that brush hog definitely. Spinners are great now also and just burn em across the tops of grass beds, stumps, etc.You could also throw a weighted fluke which I had Luck with last week. 

 I guess ur in Ohio from profile so I'd probably be punching and pitching any submerged stuff before I'd throw a frog. Spooks great but ur obviously running a risk with pads and grass. I think the cold front moved in yesterday so be patient, slow and be confident.

[BassB8Caster]

I went out yesterday in the same pond i have fished the last three times (3 total ever for that pond). Its around 100 acres with a shallow flat (around 7 feet) at the south end (outlet end) then has a 15' to 16' deep channel that goes up the middle of the pond. The north end has a smaller flat that goes from 2 to 7 feet before dropping off to the deeper channel in the middle. All 3 times out i found the fish in the deeper (6 to 8) flat areas, not up in the shallows that i expected. These flats have submerged weeds and vegetation that the fish are hanging in. The first two times out i did well with a Keitech impact fat 5.8 and a sexy shad square bill. Yesterday was a little tougher as we had sunny blue bird skies. Thankfully we had a decent breeze. Yesterday they hit a chrome with blue back lipless crank and a shad colored spinnerbait. First fish was caught on a small popr. All the fish were in the submerged veggies. Two (the biggest two i caught) were caught when ripping free the lipless and spinner in grass. Biggest fish was around 4.5 with another at 4.25, 2 3.5 and a 3. Also caught a few smaller bass and several (too many) small pickerel. If i had to limit my tackle to 5 lures right now, it would be a lipless crank, spinnerbait, swimbait, squarebill, and a soft plastic of choice (lizard, big worm etc). I would target any flats with 4 to 8 feet of water with submerged grass. 

[Tara-senko]

That's exactly how it went in Missouri, but it was somewhat rainy and overcast. They all were in the deep thick hydrilla and I got skunked over the whole day. Jigs, soft plastics, topwater just nothing. 

[scaleface]

All baits will work in a pond . Carry baits that will stay in the strike zone of your particular pond  . If its a vegetation free pond , sinking baits work well .   I use a lot of lipless baits and swimbaits . If i need it weedless then use a belly weighted hook . 

[DINK WHISPERER]

A top water, Rat L Trap, senko and a T-rigged worm is usually all i take to local ponds.