How to best utilize a new spot?

[FishTax]

I was about to suggest a swim jig! It's currently my favorite pond lure because I can keep it off the bottom muck, vary the presentation, and it catches Biggins 

[Zcoker]

Pretty cool how that all worked out to fish that private pond. Reminds me of Pat Cullen. He used to fly around with a pilot friend to scope out ponds to fish. Then he'd go visit the land owners to get permission, often offering his services as an accountant to do favors for them, bartering and so forth. He only fished at night so it was no big deal to the land owners. The rest, as they say, is history. 

[Bazoo]

Well, I fished this pond all last year, with my biggest catch being about 2.5 pounds. Starting this year, I have a few small ones, but today, I had a few minutes.

It'd been raining for several days and the water was over a foot high. Well, a Shadrap produced a 4lb11oz largemouth! My new PB. I didn't have the phone with me for pictures, but I did have the scale. Glad it wasn't reversed.