BassinBoy Posted March 12, 2008 Posted March 12, 2008 I live in Pennsylvania. Its starting to warm up but my season hasnt started quite yet. Therefore i am taking a trip down to North Carolina with a friend of mine who ownes a house down there. The trip goes from March 21- March 30. We dont have a boat but fish a few good ponds near the house. I took a trip down there last summer in the end of June and we focused on one pond. It is about a 2 acre pond so its rather small. This is a very unique pond though. It doesnt have any blugill, shad, panfish, or any other kind of fish other than.......BASS! Sounds awesome right? Yes, well we had some good luck at this pond last summer catching nearly 25 bass per day, each of us. Now you may think that these bass would be skinny and unhealthy because the lack of food but suprisingly they are just short..... and FAT! Most were around 8-10 inch mark, pretty small but i did catch a big 3 1/2 pounder. There are many water beetle type bugs that skim the surface, i mean hundreds. I think these bass are slightly cannabilistic (eat each other) because along with these bugs, eachother, and a few lizards and frogs once in while, what else would they eat. This makes lure choice limited and somewhat tough. During the summer trip they bit just about any lure you threw. Some produced better than others. This pond has no fishing pressure what so ever. The bass were not skitish but, were somewhat weary and scared by lures like spinnerbaits and buzzbaits. Natural looking lures did best. Here is the tricky part. In 10 days we drive down and the trip starts. Keep in mind we caught fish in the end of June last year. It will be the end of March this time. This brings on a new challenge of springtime fishing at this pond. I have alot of experience springtime fishing up here in PA on lakes and ponds but on this NC pond its much different. I am confused on what lures i should throw due to this being a completely different type of situation since its springtime. What techniques and lures should i focuse on throughout this trip. Any advice is great. Thanks so much. Quote
Super User Grey Wolf Posted March 12, 2008 Super User Posted March 12, 2008 WELCOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Throw what you would normally throw. I think you are trying to make a simple process too complicated. Rat-l-traps and plastics. Quote
Super User .dsaavedra. Posted March 12, 2008 Super User Posted March 12, 2008 is there any kind of stream leading into this pond? if there is even the slightest stream; i mean a trickle of water flowing thru mud into the pond, then that is a "highway" for crawfish to get into the pond. i found a small beaver pond in my woods that had a super small stream flowing into it, and since it was in the middle of nowhere, it was obviously untouched. well i set out a minnow trap just to see if there was anything in it, i figured i'd get nothing. 3 days later i returned and found a few huge crawfish in it, about 30 huge bullfrog tadpoles, a couple water beetles, various insect nymphs/larvae about 7 newts, and 3 yellow spotted salamanders. so you'd be suprised in what lives in a supposedly "empty" pond. as for baits to fish, stick to the natural looking stuff cuz you have already had success with that. fish plastics and maybe a few silent crankbaits (rapala shad rap) since you said the fish are kinda spooky. even though there are no baitfish (which there may actually be, you just dont know it) the bass will still instinctivley hit crankbaits. Quote
Pigsticker Posted March 12, 2008 Posted March 12, 2008 interesting situation baby bass colored plastics and this seems like a perfect place to throw the the mattlures baby bass. Quote
HesterIsGod Posted March 13, 2008 Posted March 13, 2008 It doesnt have any blugill, shad, panfish, or any other kind of fish other than.......BASS! Impossible, it has got to have some sort of forage base. I bet it has shad or bluegill, not in big numbers though. Unless it is absolutely loaded with crawfish it has got to have bluegill or shad. Quote
Captain Chaos II Posted March 13, 2008 Posted March 13, 2008 Uh....green senko with black flake or green + red flake. Perfect pond bait any time o year especially the spring. Guaranteed. Quote
LCpointerKILLA Posted March 13, 2008 Posted March 13, 2008 You might want to do a little bed fishing! Quote
dumb_dog11 Posted March 13, 2008 Posted March 13, 2008 You might want to do a little bed fishing! they wont be on beds yet...hes in NORTH CAROLINA im pretty sure theyll have to wait a bit longer than late march if our spawn in california is still about a week away Quote
BassinBoy Posted March 13, 2008 Author Posted March 13, 2008 Impossible, it has got to have some sort of forage base. I bet it has shad or bluegill, not in big numbers though. Unless it is absolutely loaded with crawfish it has got to have bluegill or shad. Quote
Bassnbrett101 Posted March 13, 2008 Posted March 13, 2008 no hester is right. theres probably a forage base you just dont notice. drop in a minnow trap one night and see what comes up in it the next morning. but throw a greeen pumpkin wacky worm. you will catch so many fish it'll be unreal Quote
Super User Grey Wolf Posted March 13, 2008 Super User Posted March 13, 2008 no hester is right. theres probably a forage base you just dont notice. drop in a minnow trap one night and see what comes up in it the next morning.but throw a greeen pumpkin wacky worm. you will catch so many fish it'll be unreal Exellant suggestion!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote
BassinBoy Posted March 14, 2008 Author Posted March 14, 2008 So far so good. Any other suggestions? Quote
Korea_Bassin Posted March 14, 2008 Posted March 14, 2008 The wacky worm and the fluke ideas both sound good. I'd also try something along the lines of a Rapala minnow. Quote
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