Catching Fish in late November

[Brendan Duffy]

I fish a really small pond in southern New York with a water temp of 50 degrees now. I was fishing this morning in clear skies and air temp of 60 degrees but couldn't catch a thing! I fished mostly lipless cranks and senkos. Do you think they are in the deepest part of the pond now?

[brushhoggin]

are you fishing from a boat? how deep is it? is it one of those circular ponds or one with points and cuts? what do you think they're feedin on? sorry to answer a question with questions. its like math equations, you gotta know the givens to solve them.

[brushhoggin]

white spinnerbait is my november lure

[bartoopuck]

down here in virginia, weathers about the same.  I have found slower retrieves = more fish.  It seems to be spinners have to be retrieved to fast to get em spinning. I have been using crankbait 3-4 feet down seems to work ok.  My buddy's fish finder tells him all the fish are 6- 8 feet down.

[Brendan Duffy]

are you fishing from a boat? how deep is it? is it one of those circular ponds or one with points and cuts? what do you think they're feedin on? sorry to answer a question with questions. its like math equations, you gotta know the givens to solve them.

Im fishing from the bank, about 3 feet deep at most, and it's a pond with subtle points and cuts. Feeding on very small forage like minnows.

[Wayne P.]

bartoopuck, that is the depth I have been catching the most recently and on channel drops. Slow is the way to go especially after the two rainy periods we have had. Slow horizonal and vertical.

[brushhoggin]

yep...i hate to be typical but try the weightless senko fished extremely slow all he way around the pond. also a pearl fluke jr weightless. cast, let it fall, give it a few twitches bringing it back to surface, letting it fall again repeat al the way back to you. if its no more than 3 ft all the way around i'd try some topwater. you sure bass are in there?

[NewAngler]

Why is this in the other fish species?

If it is only 3' deep I would do a senko. Slow. And when you think you are going slow, slow down some more

[quanjig]

If the water is clear enough, try a suspending jerkbait.  Pointer 78, try to vary your retrieve. 

[Crestliner2008]

Have you tried casting a drop shot rig yet? Drop shotting a small, 4" worm jiggled about 1' above the bottom, in one spot, could produce big dividends! Other than that, try slow crawling a 4" Senko along the bottom. Be thorough and pick apart any brush piles, rocks or humps you can reach. Good Luck!