Targeting dinks

[Helluva_Engineer]

You read right.

So the family farm pond has become bass heavy. It still has the occasional giant, but the vast majority are less than a pound. I'm on a mission this upcoming weekend to catch off as many as possible. Problem is, it's a pretty shallow pond in South Georgia and the bite has historically been pretty bad in August. It has tons of wood cover and banks are lined with lily pads.

How would you approach this?

[J. M. Richardson]

As a catcher of many dinks up in Wisconsin I have found in august that either top waters early in the morning or some nice small finesses jigs dropped right down into the wood or other shaded structure. A weightless senko is also a great producer when fished super slow on the bottom.

[Catt]

Beetle Spin 

[7mm-08]

Small spinners (Roostertail, Mepps, Beetlespin, etc.) if you have room to cast/fish them with all the vegetation.  4" lizards might do the trick.  Sounds like it may be a perfect spot for a smaller frog like the Scum Frog.  They are small enough to attract smaller bass but the hawgs can't stand them either.

[Raul]

Given that description of cover: Johnson Beetle spin, 3" Yum Dinger or GYCB Senko, Strike King Mini King.

[bilgerat]

explosives

[brushhoggin]

explosives

that's a surefire way, but the baby brush hog is a less dangerous sure fire way.

[crankbait2009]

i as well have caught a lot of dinks this year, about 75%.

what i have caught a lot on were panfish tubes or grubs.  i have also caught some small rockbass on the beetlespin as noted above.

tubes all the way with a 1/32oz jig head

[boneil]

senkos are a dink magnet, atleast in my neck of the woods.

[Jake.]

1/8th oz. Panther Martin in-line spinner.

[pondhopper]

cast net

[airborne_angler]

senkos are a dink magnet, atleast in my neck of the woods.

I second that.

[J Francho]

Just fish it as you usually would, and the dinks will come naturally, if there are that many.  Keep the dinks, throw the big ones back.  Not sure I'd throw beetle spins or inline spinners near wood and pads though.

[Nice_Bass]

7" plastic worm. Keep what you want, throw back what not.   

[wisconsin heat]

finesse worms (like a trick worm) are the best lure for catching numbers of fish, and senkos too every size is good,but for senkos 3" is best, wacky rig them or weightless t-rig w/ a 1/0 offset round bend hook

[swilly78]

senkos are a dink magnet, atleast in my neck of the woods.

I second that.

motion carries.

[SDoolittle]

Blakemore Roadrunner.

[R.Dalnogare]

3" senko, wacky.

[OHIO]

cast net

Agreed  8-)

[roadwarrior]

Zara Puppy, original Floating Rapala, 5" Senko

8-)

[SPEEDBEAD.]

Wacky rigged Zoom Finesse worm = money.

Just keep walking around the bank, throwing in front of you. You'll keep catching fish until you are out of worms.

[Red Bear]

i wouldnt use senkos for it because theyre not durable enough to be used over and over. i would use 5" berkley red shad shakey worms t-rigged weightless. or a small booyah pond magic white spinnerbait with the red head or those cheap $1 spinnerbaits at walmart, dinks love those...

[Raul]

How come there 's lot of people suggesting lures/rigs that hang up ( ex: in-line spinners, roodster tails, wacky rig ) around wood and pads ?  :-?

[SPEEDBEAD.]

How come there 's lot of people suggesting lures/rigs that hang up ( ex: in-line spinners, roodster tails, wacky rig ) around wood and pads ? :-?

Because when rigged appropriately, a wacky rig will be weedless.

I agree with you on the rooster tails and exposed treble lures.

I'll add throwing horny toads to you list of fish catchers in those situations.   

[mk49]

Dinks love small wakebaits.