Stumped on bass!!!

[Jaime]

I'm having trouble figuering out what to use in a little pond for bass around this time  of year, around 12 to 3 and 4 to 5pm. any ideas??

[basspro48]

You should really try senko's, I have yet to fish a pond where the bass didn't tear them up.  

But I would also try white buzzbaits and texas-rigged tubes. Basically try to imitate whatever baitfish live in your pond.

Hope this helps.

[basser89]

Hey Jaime,

Can you tell us a little more about the pond? How deep (estimate), any grass or structure? That will help us give you a few more options! I will agree with basspro, senko style baits wacky rigged are a really good choice for fishing ponds! You can experiment with colors to see what color works best on your pond. Here in MD, I've had the most luck with red shad. Smoke, watermelon/red and junebug have also produced for me. Let us know about the pond for some more help. Hope the info here helps!

[bassackwards]

hm...  I would definitely go SMALL!  if they won't bite much, then reduce the size until they do...

I think a buzzbait might even scare 'em if its a small pond.  I got a REAL small pond at my house, and I threw things like a 3" tube or a 6" lizard; they would go up to it, and never hit it.  I had to really reduce the size of my bait until they would bite.

[Nicky Greece]

 Plastic Zoom Worm in Red Shad color.  Absolute favorite pond fishing lure.   Also look for Sassy Shads.  Always used the white ones in my pond...bass would kill 'em.

[Kana]

is the pond pressured by alot of other anglers? i agree with the senko, but try a fat ika too t-rigged weightless.  I tried this sugesstion of RW's , and it worked very well, i was using a black with blue skirt, let it sink, if you dont get bit on the fall lift your rod tip and try again while in the area you think fish may be.  for a smaller pond, you could even try a drop shot witha 3 inch grub (hight above sinker depends on weeds) with a 1/4 oz sinker at the bottom.  you could even try a fluke in place of the grub.  this rig is worked best slow while twitcheing the rod tip to activate teh plastic.  it will be good for you midday tiem frame as it will be deep, where the fish may be staying cool.   hope this gives you a few more options to try.  let us know how you did and what worked for you.

[Jaime]

thanks everyone for the tips, i'll try the senko's next time since that seems to be the most popular among you all. Basser89,  as for the pond, i would say it's about an acre and a half; pretty small, and at the deepest maybe 25-30 feet or so. It's a bit overflooded but its starting to dry up and theres a fallen tree in the water for about 8 months now. It also has a lot of rocks here and there, and theres a little curve with lots of trees and whatnot, but it's almost impossible to get to. Kana, there are some other anglers, but usually it's just me and maybe one other person fishing the pond.

[Jaime]

also one more thing, i went on a website and looked it up but i still can't figuer it out, but what is wacky rigged?

[roadwarrior]

5" Senko and Fat Ika fished weightless on or near structure and cover in water <12' deep. In deeper water, Kut-Tail, Roboworms (6" Shakin' Zipper Worm) and tubes T-rigged (1/8-1/4 bullet weights, unpegged).

Fish slow. Let the lure fall to the bottom on slack line. Move the bait 6-12"s at a time with a horizontal sweep except Kut-Tail worms and tubes which I fish with a slow vertical hop. On the initial drop, leave the bait on the bottom for up to a minute. After each movement let the lure sit for 15-30 seconds or more before moving it again. This is what I mean by slow.

[Pond-Pro]

        I would recomend trying a 4 inch senko. Fish it wiegtless on a wacky rig. A wacky rig is where you hook the worm right in the middle.      

     (Thank rebbasser for pic)

[northgabassfisher]

like every one else said.  in my pond I only fish senkos the color i use is watermelon with blue. and ive cought them on a cinnimon jig but its got to be the smallest jig you can find. and ive cought them on a zoom trick worm wightless baby bass color.

[basser89]

Hey Jaime,

Sounds like an interesting little pond you have there! I'd focus around the fallen tree. Maybe throw a spinnerbait or small crankbait around the edges where you can. Carefully, bump the limbs and pause the bait when you start your retrieve, hold on! Work in on the tree deeper with a tube, texas rigged worm or jig using heavier tackle (20# test flurocarbon or a heavier # test braid). The heavier line will help you horse those big girls out of there! Around the rocks, you may want to try a deep diving crankbait bouncing the bait off the rocks. Again, when you bounce the bait off a rock or two, pause the retreive a second and then start back up! If the bass are less active, maybe try a tube, creature bait or jig around the rocks too. Hope this helps!

[knkfiend]

sorry to hijack but i am also fishing a small pond and had a few questions. the pond is about an acre or 2 and is nothing but weeds. there are 2 major rocks sticking out of the water, and the pond might be 5 feet at the deepest, and thats probably being generous. any opinions on how to fish such a weedy lake? ive been throwing t-rigged worms and fairing pretty well but not catching anything major. any way to romp through the weeds and get some big girls attention?

[Glenn]

mmmmmm..... please don't hijack.  It makes it difficult for others to find answers to the same questions you have later on.  

Please start a new thread instead.

Thanks!

Glenn

[Kendammit]

I must have smart fish!  Bass in my pond will rarely hit a senko or a tiki stick now.  I haven't yet figured out if they just got the idea of the hook in them, or if its time of year.  I'm the only person fishing the pond with senkos or tiki's, and only one other person fishes the pond at all.  Kinda sucks because after one or two good days of catching fish, I basically have to switch to an entirely new bait for effectiveness

Anyway, senko's really do work well in ponds, as do frog lures like zoom horny toads.  I also have a lot of look with rooster tails and road runners fitted with 3 inch grubs.  

[DePoy79]

try a white zoom trick worm weightless, cast it out and work it like a floating worm over the top or submerged weedbeds and in the middle of nowhere.

[Jaime]

Thanks, i'll definitel look into the senko's.--

Jaime

[bassackwards]

I have started fishin this small pond more like RW's test pond...

I have fished it about 5 times...  this last time I have started gettin bites because I finally downsized my lures.

they were eatin up the super hog.  my fav is black w/ blue flakes.  they don't call it blue though, I forget what color they call it.  but its blue.

[Jaime]

what's a super hog? are they those pork trailers, because i heard from somewhere you can just cut up a piece of leather like so and that'll work too, but i don't know if that's all true or not.

[Jaime]

I still don't know what a super hog is, but thanks for the tips on senkos!!! that next weekend i tried one and although i didn't produce a bass, a got a pretty good bite on it; took half the worm off. I was thinking if there was any particular type of hook you use for this??

[bassackwards]

a super hog is a version of the brush hog.  there is the brush hog, baby brush hog, and the super hog.

[Jaime]

??? ??? and that is...

[bassackwards]

actually, there is no super hog, my mistake.  its just a baby brush hog.  

anyhow, http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.SearchResults?cmid=TOP_SEARCH_GO

that is what a brushhog is...  made by Zoom

[Samsonian]

This worked for me in a small pond when I couldn't get any bites.

A Zoom double ringer rigged texas with a small 1/8 tungstun weight pegged. Green pumpkin.

Have fun!

[Bass Hammer]

At my little secret lake the fish are already thinking about fall and are starting to move up.

I've been throwing super small buzzbaits.

They have been working great.

Hammer