New to Site and would like some advice

[bigmountaineer]

Hello, everyone I've been fishing for a couple years now and had a couple questions.

I am fishing a large pond with lilly pads and some hydrilla. I am catcing a lot of lgmouth bass, but they are all small, on a zoom finesse green pumpkin red.

I am looking to catch some of the bigger bass that I know are in here. Any suggestions on where to fish. There is hardly no structure and it does have some deep ends.

My plan is use the zoom ol' monster watermelon red flake with 1/32 bullet head. But I'm fearing that the small bass will bite again. I've fished this pond several times over and the same result. Small bass.

Thanks for any help.

Adam

[simplejoe]

go early in the morning or later in the evening and try a topwater frog like a berkley across the lily pads. also try a carolina rigged lizard those always work for me.

[roadwarrior]

Welcome aboard!

Try a Slug-Go in the pads. In deeper water, I would fish a jig- slow.

8-)

[MALTESE FALCON]

Welcome to the best fishing site on the net.

I've been having alot of success in the lilly pads with a T-rigged Trick Worm. I've gotten fish up to 4.5# using this method. I've also been getting some with a spinnerbait in the open pockets of the lilly pads.

Good luck,

Falcon

P.S. Thank you for your service to this wonderful country.

[soccplayer07]

welcome...

x2 on the jig

[Big-O]

Welcome to ya Backwoods. I like the big worm and jig idea as well and deeper water like RW mentioned. I would concentrate on any structure that is close to deeper water. Those two baits don't guarantee bigger bites but they definitely entice a bigger bite.

Good fishing

Big O

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[bigmountaineer]

Welcome to the best fishing site on the net.

I've been having alot of success in the lilly pads with a T-rigged Trick Worm. I've gotten fish up to 4.5# using this method. I've also been getting some with a spinnerbait in the open pockets of the lilly pads.

Good luck,

Falcon

P.S. Thank you for your service to this wonderful country.

Thanks , I'll be sure to try out the T-Rigged trick worm, I like the Mardi Gras worm a lot, and also the jig and other ideas, Thanks for all the help.

[skillet]

Good info already (large bait near deeper water and jig)! Smaller fish will still hit larger bait just not as likely and with larger bait larger fish. Clear as mud...huh? I'll stop now and say WELCOME to the forums!!!

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[Popeye]

Welcome to the BR Forums - the BEST bass fishing site on the Net, IMO. I'd try some topwaters early in the AM and at dusk, like the aforementioned frog or some large poppers like a Hula Popper and possibly even a Jitterbug. Large bass eat large baits:o) You might also want to try RW's beloved Fat Ikas, T-rigged with the skirt up.

[OBX-BASS]

Welcome to the best fishin board ever!!

i would try a zoom buzz frog across the tops of the pads early in the morning and right before dark...i do this in the ponds i fish with pads in them and it almost always produces a 5+ pounder....good luck!!

[Grey Wolf]

WELCOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[basser89]

Welcome to the boards and thanks for serving!!!!!

When the hydrilla gets thick, I like to flip and pitch a 4" tube (like a Mizmo Big Boy or a BPS Magnum Flippin tube). Peg the weight and hit the holes or punch my way down through the grass with a heavier weight.

[paragon]

Hello and welcome

[rondef]

to the forum, big baits for big fish is what I live by

[Glenn]

Welcome aboard!

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

Make sure you are fishing in water that holds big bass and then we'll help you catch 'em  

Welcome Aboard!