Help Please-small pond-bigguns wont bite

[naylor1234]

Help Please !! I have a small pond and have some fairly large bass in it (i have caught them) before. I have always had the best luck with just a regular old black worm..well lately they (bass) have been chasing bait fish like crazy ! But of course they are ignoring the black worm. What should I be using this time of year ? I live in Georgia still not too cool yet around 80 degrees or cooler in the day?? ???

[Sealand]

Try a Zara Spook if you see bait fish running on top.  Wacky wormin' is alway a good bet......

Good Luck!

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

Fluke or even a double-fluke rig.

[naylor1234]

thanks for your reply  my lake is covered in new hatchlings and the bass are feeding like crazy on them! against the banks    

[naylor1234]

Fluke or even a double-fluke rig.

thanks

[Chris]

Drop a 3 inch senko, or a smaller tube through the small baitfish. If bass are feeding on baitfish they are feeding in the upper water column. Worms will work when you get a front or something that will put the fish on the bottom. Rattletrap, crankbait, or spinnerbait with small blades would work too. Zoom super fluke JR. can be deadly.

[naylor1234]

Drop a 3 inch senko, or a smaller tube through the small baitfish. If bass are feeding on baitfish they are feeding in the upper water column. Worms will work when you get a front or something that will put the fish on the bottom. Rattletrap, crankbait, or spinnerbait with small blades would work too. Zoom super fluke dir can be deadly.

THANKYOU THANKYOU

[phisher_d]

In a situation like that, i would tie on a spinnerbait that "matches the hatch".  Find out what the main forage fish is and imitate it in size and color.  

When the bass are feeding on the schools of baitfish, they like to just hang around and pick off the stragglers that are injured or get separatd from the school somehow.  They'll chase down healthy ones if they have to, but they're lazy, and an injured minnow has a special appeal to them.

You can use this to your advantage with a spinnerbait.  The first key is to locate baitfish.  Once you have done that, you want to cast your bait out and retrieve it at (or a little below) the level that the baitfish are suspending (usually near the surface).  Start your retrieve, and then partway through it, stop reeling and let the bait helicopter down to the hungry bass below.  Watch your line for any irregular movement and be ready to set the hook.  Slack-line bites aren't easy to detect, so if anything feels odd set the hook just in case.  If you don't get bit on the fall, reel 'er back in and start again.

If the baitfish aren't in schools, topwaters should work... poppers, spooks, buzzbaits etc.

Hope this helps

ps: Strike king makes some spinnerbaits designed to look like injured baitfish... Never used them, just a thought.  

[naylor1234]

In a situation like that, i would tie on a spinnerbait that "matches the hatch". Find out what the main forage fish is and imitate it in size and color.

When the bass are feeding on the schools of baitfish, they like to just hang around and pick off the stragglers that are injured or get separatd from the school somehow. They'll chase down healthy ones if they have to, but they're lazy, and an injured minnow has a special appeal to them.

You can use this to your advantage with a spinnerbait. The first key is to locate baitfish. Once you have done that, you want to cast your bait out and retrieve it at (or a little below) the level that the baitfish are suspending (usually near the surface). Start your retrieve, and then partway through it, stop reeling and let the bait helicopter down to the hungry bass below. Watch your line for any irregular movement and be ready to set the hook. Slack-line bites aren't easy to detect, so if anything feels odd set the hook just in case. If you don't get bit on the fall, reel 'er back in and start again.

If the baitfish aren't in schools, topwaters should work... poppers, spooks, buzzbaits etc.

Hope this helps

ps: Strike king makes some spinnerbaits designed to look like injured baitfish... Never used them, just a thought.

I will try that next time i fish thankyou soooo much

[Rebbasser]

The "match the hatch" is the way to go-if you can see what they are feeding on, throw something that resembles it.  that will put fish in the boat.  Good luck!

[Will]

Don't forget a Baby 1 Minus and a jerkbait such as a Rapala X-Rap or Lucky Craft Pointer.

[Kana]

nothing has been working for me, uder the same conditions, so i tied on the trusty mini ratl trap in chrome and blue and i was able to catch a few, casting in a nd around baitfish breaking the surface.  but i found that a straight retrieve gets less action than killing the lure mid-retreive, or adding erattic jerks.  just another option for you.