Best baits for pond fishing (bass)

In small ponds I've found it's hard to beat a weightless finesse worm or senko. It's probably plenty warm now for a hollow bodied frog around the shoreline grass.

My go to is some type of craw lure with a bullet weight.

Senko like they said but add a chug bug to the mix.

The same thing that I use anywhere

Texas rigged speed craws, baby brush hogs, and lizards

Junebug,Black and blue, or red and black

I grew up bass fishing ponds and most of my fish were on a buzz bait or a texas rigged worm. I also caught several on a shallow crankbait fished parallel to the shore. This was before the senko was invented.

Fishing new ponds with shoreline vegetation, my first casts will always be a dark colored 1/2 oz. double Colorado blade spinnerbait. Especially late winter to early spring in shallow water.

But that's just me.

I always do well with a Texas rig "junebug" colored trick worm in ponds. That or pumpkin seed. If the water is muddy I put a black trick worm.

Baby brush hogs in those same colors do good as well. Pop those baits on the bottom and you should get a hit.

H&H spinner or speed craw or baby brush hog in watermelon red

Trick worm, crawfish, and ultravibe worms have worked best for me. My biggest pond bass was caught on a Zoom ultravibe speed worm. Size 12 for reference.

The finesse worm is great advice. I’ve found that anything you can do that is different from what a typical fisherman would do is helpful. If it’s narrow enough or at the corners, maybe throw a frog into the opposite bank and hop it in. Throw blind from a little farther away so you’re not visible. It’s amazing how shy and smart pond bass can be. Maybe it’s coincidence but all of these have helped me catch fish on our 1/2 acre pond my whole life.