What can I do, if anything, to fish the bottom of a mucky pond?

[PotatoLake]

My main water I fish when I’m not in the boat and bank fishing is exactly this situation. I throw a weightless texposed Fat Ika. It’s heavy enough to cast it far into the deeper regions of the body of water, but it doesn’t bring up grassy green muck. Drop shots do not work this time of year because the fish aren’t in the shallows. Unless you’ve had a warming trend.

A tiny child rig has also worked pretty well too. You’ll have to clean it off sometimes but it works when used with a big TRD.

[LCG]

I fish a pond very similar to this and I generally use a spinnerbait, weightless plastics, and a 1/16oz texas rigged trick worm or Ned rig with an ewg hook. Works pretty well. Never have any luck with top water though. 

[Catt]

Weightless Fluke or Senko ?

[roadwarrior]

17 hours ago, Catt said:

Weightless Fluke or Senko ?

That was simple...

[J Francho]

On 1/16/2021 at 12:30 AM, ironbjorn said:

I do catch fish there but never from trying the bottom, always something that swims. I caught a 6lber out of here last summer here in the north. It's a quality pond that can give you some crazy numbers.

 

On 1/16/2021 at 12:30 AM, ironbjorn said:

The float and fly is an option, but again no need as the bass are aggressive and do bite anything that moves or slow sinks.

 

I don't see the problem.  Throw a bait that doesn't hit the bottom.  If all this is true, I'd be throwing a topwater all day.  

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

Ya, everyone has a favorite way to fish but avoid the temptation to force feed a bait or technique when there are obvious better choices for the circumstances. 

[Dumbbassanglr]

Tokyo rig

[Deleted account]

On 1/15/2021 at 11:29 PM, schplurg said:

If you're not afraid of being laughed at you could try a bobber I suppose.

 

 

Just tell 'em it's a BFS float and fly JDM combo...