New Pond! Approach? *Pics*

[JellyMan]

Moving in 2 weeks. This pond is right next to me. Went to check it out after doing my lease and was PLEASANTLY SUPRISED! Looks over 10ft deep in areas. Breaks in grass and spotted many brim and a 3lb bass on a bed! WOOO!

I am going to be walking this pond back and fishing it.

What would you guys throw and how would you fish the heavy grass down below.

Sorry bout the $hitty iPhone pics...

Here she is!

:D :D :D

[aarogb]

That water is pretty clear compared to the lakes around me and I like the looks of all that grass.

If it were me I would probably be throwing a jerkbait and maybe a squarebill over top of that grass.

Good luck, I hope you catch some.

[Marty]

I don't see any reason why you shouldn't use most of your arsenal. Whatever you think is right for the cover and other conditions can be tried. Topwaters, crankbaits, spinnerbaits, Chatterbait-style, soft plastics and the like. You'll probably settle on a few after you learn more about the pond.

[Bassin_Fin@tic]

Wow nice clear water! Jerkbaits for sure,start with an x-rap. Spinnerbait w/willow blades, and probably a 1/4 oz. trap ripped atop the grass. Morning time throw the popper or a sammy to death.If you got any slow sink or floating swimbaits this looks like the place to toss em.

Then theres the obvious of all obvious a weightless senko in a nice translucent color.

[Chris]

Crystal shad shad assassins, chrome blue back trap, shad or watermelon pepper tube gitzit, junebug plastic worm or pumpkin seed ribbontail or paddle, floating worm lime green black stripe or white.

Fish the worm weightless or light weight to keep it from digging in and a insert weight for the tube so it falls flat or on a jig head insert fished like a crankbait. That's what I would use.

[little_stephen]

looks like a good pond. especially if the locals all look like the girl in the one pic!  jk.    looks fun. the clear water isnt somthing im used to..... but those weeds are nice! I just started throwing this new bait i got tonite! Its a seible soft plastic magic swimmer. I toss the bluegill one. it has a nice slit in the back that allows it to cut thru weeds like those! try it sometime if u can afford a pack. they arent cheap.

[SirSnookalot]

I'm in Florida as well and fish mostly community ponds from shore.  This year has been unusual as we have high weeds and lots of algae.  I have not been using my traditional winners but have gone to fishing flukes rigged weedless most of the time with great success.

[Fishing Rhino]

I'm in Florida as well and fish mostly community ponds from shore. This year has been unusual as we have high weeds and lots of algae. I have not been using my traditional winners but have gone to fishing flukes rigged weedless most of the time with great success.

I'll second the weedless fluke.  In stuff like that, I rig it with a slight upward hump in its back. 

Give it a sharp tug and quickly give it slack.  It will dart toward the surface, but, as soon as it has slack, it will dive into the depths of the vegetation.

Rigged weedless, it will work through the thickest vegetation like that in your photos nicely.

[Sam]

First, get rid of the girl. She is a big distraction to your fishing.

Second, with water like that throw anything and find out what they like.

I would start with a buzzbait, Pop-R or other topwater in the early AM, switching to crankbaits and spinnerbaits and then over to plastics.

If there are bass in that pond you should find out fast what they like.

But really, ditch the girl. She looks too pretty and would be a great distraction from your fishing.  ;D   ;D   ;D

[Fishing Rhino]

First, get rid of the girl. She is a big distraction to your fishing.

Second, with water like that throw anything and find out what they like.

I would start with a buzzbait, Pop-R or other topwater in the early AM, switching to crankbaits and spinnerbaits and then over to plastics.

If there are bass in that pond you should find out fast what they like.

But really, ditch the girl. She looks too pretty and would be a great distraction from your fishing. ;D ;D ;D

That opinion is a symptom you need to get your testosterone levels checked.  :D

[ksboy]

Frog Rules!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DocRabbit]

About the blonde... You seem to have already hooked a keeper...

[bwell]

The pond next to my house looks about the same with all the grass, its colder here in IL so I use a t-rigged creature bait and that slays the bass.  I cant throw a jerkbait without getting caught up in the grass so weedless t-rigged plastics buzzbaits and frogs are about all I can use...  Good luck man!

[JellyMan]

Thanks for all the input guys.

Pretty much said what I was going to try.

Tops in the am and night time and plastic jerk baits. I'm also gonna try my technique which has never failed me. Slow rolling soft plastics. ALWAYS pulls numbers.

Thanks again for the input. I will keep you guys updated when I finally get to fish it. Hell, I may take a trip over there this week and fire at it for awhile. 8-)

[pondassasin]

I live in Ocala and I have a lot of success with a watermelon red speedworm.  You cant go wrong with frogs, buzzbaits, poppers, basically anything. 

[zach t]

swimbait. jerk it. let it fall. rip it. burn it.

/thread.

[Red Bear]

just throw what you feel comfortable with or what you normally throw would be my best advice. infact you already named the one thing i do everywhere, thats slow rolling soft plastics, that would be the first thing i tried, t-rigged...

[midnighthrasher]

I always aproach new water the same way with 4 rods:

Casting- Berkley Hollow Belly

Casting- Spinnerbait willow willow white chartreuse

Casting- Crankbait/jerkbait

Spinning- Senko or tube

I will throw a Frog in slop, topwater instead of crankbaits if it low light or a buzzbait.

If you go at night you only need 2 baits and 1 rod. A black jointed jitterbug and a backup black jointed jitterbug. ;D ;D

[JellyMan]

FISHED IT!!! Caught 7 in 45 min but all under 1lb. I am hoping this is not a pond full of dinks an no big ones....

:-/

[Big Fish Rice]

The pond looked pretty large, and I'm assuming there are pockets and changes in the center where it's not necessarily easy to get to from shore.

Keep throwing at it, and remember to try different lures and techniques. It should take some time to learn it correctly; it looks like a promising piece of water.

[guitarkid]

Cranks and spinners around and over weeds,weightless texes rigs, lightweifght jigs that "sit" on top of the weeds, basically use as little wieght as possible so your lures don't go straight down through to the bottom without having time to be presented to the bass sitting in the weeds. Jerkbaits are also good.

                  -gk

[bigmike74]

If it were me I would go with the bread and butter: a spinner bait, probably a blue gill type color, and then a senko. These two baits have been killer in most places that I have fished. There are blue gill everywhere and bass, of all species, just cannot seem to resist the slow fall of the senko. Good Luck.