Any tips on fishing mucky weedy pond?

[Ralph Nicholas Vito]

So about 7/10 times i throw my lure out i usually come back with a crap ton of weeds or just whatever is on the bottom of my pond in general. Any tips on how to fish without coming up with weeds all the time basically ? obviously cover is good for the fish but not fun for my lure presentation and or my sanity lol

[Brew City Bass]

Well, what are you trying to fish? 

If you're throwing cranks or similar baits, yeah they're gonna get buried in weeds. Have you tried texas rigs? Texas rigged flukes, worms, craws, all those things tend to come through the thickest junk fairly decent. Unless the pond is legit slop everywhere, you should be able to work pockets with those things. If it is 100% slop, go ahead and try some top water like frogs. 

[JustJames]

^^^^ This exactly how I would fish it. I want to add try brass and glass rig (thank @wrb to recommended this rig) I caught a lot of fish lately with this set up in weedy area. Also if you can find/see any pocket, drop shot might be good becuz you can stay in strike zone longer.

[Dens228]

Previously I relied on weightless t-rigs, and hollow body frogs in super weed filled water.  This summer I added the rage rig and even more successfully paddletails on a weighted swimbait hook.  Both are about at weedless as you can get while being able to effectively cover water.  

[Ralph Nicholas Vito]

It's a very very murky pond best i can see down is probably a foot and a half maybe 2 feet so sometimes i'm using paddletail swimbaits and out of no where it will just catch weeds or whatever vegitation is just floating down there

[Glaucus]

Weightless Texas Rigged Senkos and Trick Worms. One of the ponds I fish is similar. If it isn't topwater, it must be a weightless T-Rig. Any weight at all brings up the slop. But good news: Senkos and Trick Worms are always good, especially in these environments.

[LadiMopar]

2 hours ago, Ralph Nicholas Vito said:

It's a very very murky pond best i can see down is probably a foot and a half maybe 2 feet so sometimes i'm using paddletail swimbaits and out of no where it will just catch weeds or whatever vegitation is just floating down there

 

Like rocks we grow mighty fine muck here in Bassachusetts don't we? ? If your pond isn't completely choked out with pads you might also want to try wake baits they run just about a foot down even if you're burning them.

Otherwise, I concur with the others, weightless Senko, drop shot, whacky rigs.

[Koz]

For sure the weightless, weedless t-rigs are an option. Depending upon how thick the weeds are you may be surprised how well a spinner bait gets through them.

 

Of course, a topwater frog is an option. But lately I've been throwing more Teckel Sprinker Frogs than Booyah Pad Crashers. That Teckel tail slapping the water and the weeds has proven effective for me.

[Black Hawk Basser]

Texas rigged soft plastic buzz toad is dynamite in this situation.  Easy to work across matted stuff, and they blast it in openings and on the deeper edge of the shoreline mats.  This is my #1 option when it's extremely thick.  I like this technique better than hollow body frogs, simply for the increased hookup ratio.  If I am forced to slow down, a senko or fluke gets the nod.  Chatterbaits are also a pretty good option if it's not too thick.

Edited August 8, 2018 by Pickle_Power
Forgot something

[soflabasser]

Try fishing with hollow belly frogs.

[JustJames]

Just came back from dropshoting weed pocket. Man I'm so brave went out in middle afternoon in 104 degree. Anyway caught about a dozen within hour and a half fan casting into any hole I can find. I didn't fish very slow at all, just drop in the hole a couple shake hop until hit the grass reel in and cast out again. If I found one I would caught maybe 2 or 3 more in same hole. The all not very big just barely legal size. The biggest one I think 2-3lbs. All caught with Zoom trick worm green pumpkin magic.

[Ralph Nicholas Vito]

14 minutes ago, JustJames said:

Just came back from dropshoting weed pocket. Man I'm so brave went out in middle afternoon in 104 degree. Anyway caught about a dozen within hour and a half fan casting into any hole I can find. I didn't fish very slow at all, just drop in the hole a couple shake hop until hit the grass reel in and cast out again. If I found one I would caught maybe 2 or 3 more in same hole. The all not very big just barely legal size. The biggest one I think 2-3lbs. All caught with Zoom trick worm green pumpkin magic.

good looking bass there !

[geo g]

Big black worms, you can't go wrong!

[scaleface]

On 8/7/2018 at 2:44 PM, Ralph Nicholas Vito said:

It's a very very murky pond best i can see down is probably a foot and a half maybe 2 feet

Thats normal . Fish over it  with various baits or use weightless worms with the hook buried and fish in it .    

[NH-Fishin]

After a good rain the pond I fish most of the time is also fairly murky, and always very weedy.

 

I fish lots of texas rig - craws, senkos, creatures. If you need some weight try an unpegged bullet weight, those help minimize the weeds. In the not as weedy areas I have good luck with wicked wacky gamakatsu hooks as well.

 

For colors - anything dark. Blue, black, dark green.