SGT Rico Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 Lets say you have permision to fish a 2 acre pond. The pond is stocked with catfish, brim, crappie, bass, and roaches. They might be some other stuff there that I have no clue about. Anyways, The brim fishing is excellent, but the bass fishing is horrible. I just can't figure out this place. So my question is, how would you fish a place that gets no fishing presure (only by the owner that fishes only for crappie and brim)? The pond has never been drained, and its been there since the early 80's,or atleast that's what the owner told me today. I've fished it with everything in my arsenal, jigs, worms, all kinda of cranks and rattle lures, senkos,......etc. The biggest fish I've pulled from there was last year in the summer, she weighed about 3 pounds. I fished that placed all summer, and caught a couple of dinks and that 3 pounder. What would you do if you had this problem? FYI-The owner has three bass mounted that he caught many years ago in that pond. The biggest weighing 14 pounds, and the smallest weighing 12 1/2 pounds. Quote
Super User BASSclary Posted March 7, 2011 Super User Posted March 7, 2011 Keep at it. Patience will prevail when you hook into a hoss. Quote
Super User Crestliner2008 Posted March 7, 2011 Super User Posted March 7, 2011 Have you tried to fish it at night? Quote
SGT Rico Posted March 7, 2011 Author Posted March 7, 2011 Have you tried to fish it at night? I haven't, and to be honest, I have not thought about that!!!! Quote
SGT Rico Posted March 7, 2011 Author Posted March 7, 2011 Keep at it. Patience will prevail when you hook into a hoss. Thanks for the motivation, I got spanked there today...lol.. Quote
Super User BASSclary Posted March 7, 2011 Super User Posted March 7, 2011 Keep at it. Patience will prevail when you hook into a hoss. Thanks for the motivation, I got spanked there today...lol.. Just remember, even pro's have no fish days, they just don't air that! ;D Quote
SGT Rico Posted March 7, 2011 Author Posted March 7, 2011 Have u tried live bait?? Yes, I've tried freshly caught bluegills and shiners. I only fished that way for a couple of hours. Quote
Super User WRB Posted March 7, 2011 Super User Posted March 7, 2011 Ask the owner where he caught his big bass and what he used. Does the pond have running water into and out? If it does, concentrate on those areas and any deep water. I would try a buzzer at night and 10" T-rigged Power worm. Keep about 10' back from the bank, pond bass often cruise the shoreline looking for prey and are very wary of movement. Quote
Vinny Chase Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 Throw some moving baits, then go for the jugular with a senko. These are the two baits I almost always throw in the spring time to figure them out. Quote
WdyCrankbait Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 you did not mention spinnerbaits in what you have tried. Have you tried one of those? I would say keep trying to replicate the bluegills or crappies either with hard swimbaits or different manufactures cranks. One of my favorite cranks is a Rapala XRSH-6 or 8 yellow perch. One killer bait there. (Sorry, but I am not tech savy enough to post a picture of the lure.) Quote
WdyCrankbait Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 The pond might be out of balance. He could have a very good point there! Quote
SGT Rico Posted March 7, 2011 Author Posted March 7, 2011 The pond might be out of balance. He could have a very good point there! I am no pro by any means, and maybe I am doing something wrong, but this makes a lot of sense. I've thrown everything at this pond (except at night) which I will be doing tomorrow!! Something just is'nt right. I will try tomorrow night and will report here asap!! Quote
SGT Rico Posted March 7, 2011 Author Posted March 7, 2011 Ask the owner where he caught his big bass and what he used. Does the pond have running water into and out? If it does, concentrate on those areas and any deep water. I would try a buzzer at night and 10" T-rigged Power worm. Keep about 10' back from the bank, pond bass often cruise the shoreline looking for prey and are very wary of movement. There is no running water unless it overflows. The biggest bass was caught on a black and silver brokeback Rapala. The rest were caught on Zoom u-tails. The owner of the property is not a bass fisherman, so his knowlegde of bass fishing is very limited. His son gave him the brokeback rapala, thats the only reason he had that lure....lol.... Quote
SGT Rico Posted March 7, 2011 Author Posted March 7, 2011 you did not mention spinnerbaits in what you have tried. Have you tried one of those? I would say keep trying to replicate the bluegills or crappies either with hard swimbaits or different manufactures cranks. One of my favorite cranks is a Rapala XRSH-6 or 8 yellow perch. One killer bait there. (Sorry, but I am not tech savy enough to post a picture of the lure.) Yes I have, willow blade, Indiana blade, and colorado blades. Blue,Gold, and silver are the colors I've thrown in there. Whats also funny is that there is another pond on the property, this one is a tad smaller, but I've always been able to catch fish there. Quote
BassResource.com Administrator Glenn Posted March 7, 2011 BassResource.com Administrator Posted March 7, 2011 That pond is definitely out of balance, which is very common. It's time to thin the herd. Keep everything you catch. Quote
bwell Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 I would work a drop shot, keeping the bait in the strike zone longer will increase your chances of a strike on a pond like this... Quote
SGT Rico Posted March 7, 2011 Author Posted March 7, 2011 That pond is definitely out of balance, which is very common. It's time to thin the herd. Keep everything you catch. that sounds like a plan. I am going to talk to owner today to see what we can do. Quote
Super User Lund Explorer Posted March 7, 2011 Super User Posted March 7, 2011 SPRO Frog LIVE Frog! Hook him through the lips with a 2/0 weedless hook, pop a big air bubble under the skin on his back, and toss him out in the middle of the pond. If Mrs. Hawg is anywhere around, this should bring you the answer. Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted March 7, 2011 Super User Posted March 7, 2011 If all the fish you have caught are slack bellied,carrying no weight then the pond is out of balance and you need to take all fish under 15" out. If some of the fish are fat just short in length your probably ok. Try putting out a soaker with a blue gill fin clipped under a bobber or free lined as an extra rod. Try tossing a senko wacky rigged on your 2nd rod. Quote
Super User senile1 Posted March 7, 2011 Super User Posted March 7, 2011 I think the out of balance idea sounds right. You say the brim fishing is excellent. Are you catching nothing but really large bluegill? If that is the case it could indicate that all of the smaller bluegill are being eaten and you probably do have an over-population of bass. Quote
Super User Hooligan Posted March 7, 2011 Super User Posted March 7, 2011 Didn't read all the answers, but from your description alone I'd just about guarantee there's a huge fish density in the pond, and that 3lb fish is about as big as you're going to see them. A two acre pond can only support so much biomass. Quote
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