Late Fall Pattern Help?

[Captian Planet]

Most of the ponds I fish are around 200 acres or so. avg 20' in the middle and pads grow in up to six or seven feat. There are usually a few points that taper down into the 20' depths and no other forms of structure other than submerged weeds.

Any ideas on where the bass are? The water temps in the low 50's. I've averaged one fish every trip, but these I got either cranking or throwing jerks blindly in open water so theres not really a patern there other than that some fish are suspened?

Any Helps appreciated thanks.

[NewAngler]

Senko in shallower water. Fish slow. Real slow.

[aarogb]

Try the weedlines in the deeper water with a weedless slow-moving plastic.

[Tin]

Most of those sorts of ponds I know are out on the Cape. Try jerkbaits along shorelines if the wind is pounding them and small spider grubs on 3/8 oz footballs or arkies depending on cover and work them down the points or around sharp break lines.

[steezy]

Rat-L-Trap is hot here in the shallow areas in TX ponds since the temp dropped. Ive been catching good size fish for the past week on mostly red and orange rat-L-traps. The shallow cranks are still good but rattles and spinners are getting the most hits.

Early morning pre-sunrise and late evening are the best times.

[JigMe]

Rat-L-Trap  x 2

[Crestliner2008]

If there are slow tapering points, with the depths you are talking about, I'd be drop shotting, using the Senko as previously mentioned here and if the bottom is not too snaggy, try a blade bait.

[Mottfia]

Well captain Planet, when you are not saving the planet from deforestation and pollution, studying your water systems is a great way to protect the earth and learn. gah I loved that show back when I was 4. lol

But for real, I would study the lake to see what types of forage is in them. The three prime forages are sunfish, shad, and crawfish. If there are sunfish and crawfish, then focus on using lures that imulate those prey. Also focus on areas that the prey uses regularly. A good example is crawfish in rocks. Everyone knows it and it is a steady place to find fish. Find the forage you'll find the bass.

Mottfia

[treble_hook_smile]

Get on your electronics and find the bait. Drop a small wacky rigged senko right down the middle of them. Also may want to try a blade bait or jigging spoon through them.

[Captian Planet]

Thanks for all the help I'll have to try the more vertical presentations you guys are talking about, I've been mostly using cranks to try and catch fish I see schooled up on my graph. Ill keep posted on what if anything I get any fish on.

P.s Captian Planet being canceled = worst decision ever in history. >

[ab8aac]

try ragetail babycraw and the eeliminator worked slow as slow as you can just get the tail working, they will slam it I betcha

[steezy]

A black craw T-rigged weighless worked very very slow in and around cover has been getting a lot of hits the past few days.

[WRB]

Pond bass live in and around the weed cover until the weeds die back. One reason is the weeds produce DO when they are green during the day time. When the green weed cover dies off, the decaying weeds use up DO, the bait fish and bass leave to "greener pastures" with higher DO levels and try to locate where the water is warmest.

The warmest water should be in the deepest area of the pond as the water cools or where any springs may feed water into the pond. You can see springs by watching for fog patches. Wind blown shore areas and the dam are good places to start, higher DO levels and deeper water.

If you see or meter active bass, then use reaction lures, if not then slow down and use slower moving lures. The colder the water gets, the slower and deeper you need to fish.

WRB

[Captian Planet]

Thanks again. I went out monday and tried slow rolling spinner baits and cranking but came up empty. I also went on tuesday, and got one small bass on a wacky senko deadsticking it in 23' (deepest part of the lake). Next time I'll try carolina rigs and drop shoting. Also I'm thinking a lipless crank riped off the bottom. I'll keep you posted and thanks again for the input.

[Chris]

You should be able to pick up some fish on the ends of the points. Fish tend to group up there before they move out deep. You might want to try slow rolling a jig down the point just fast enough to keep it off the bottom and light enough to keep it slow. I have caught tons of fish with this technique this time of the year. Make sure you are out in the deeper water so that it runs all the way down the point. This will help to pin point where the bass are using the point to help narrow your efforts with other presentations when you find them.