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re: Best baits for pond fishing (bass)
Posted on 2/25/19 at 9:12 am to StatMaster
Posted on 2/25/19 at 9:12 am to StatMaster
Zoom pumpkin lizard is the goat for bass pond fishing
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Posted on 2/25/19 at 9:24 am to Swampman
If you get bored throwing plastic worms like I do, get The Booyah pond magic spinner bait in the chartreuse/ black with the gold blade. You will tear up the Sacs also with this bait.
Posted on 2/25/19 at 9:26 am to StatMaster
Probably not a popular thing down south, but this off season I tried to learn the drop shot more and more. So I started by getting the feel for the bites, set up, & technique in ponds. Since it is such a small, finesse type of presentation, you'll catch a lot more smaller fish. However, you will get A LOT of bites and eventually you will get a big bite. It's not quite the same thing as fishing it vertically but it definitely helps you learn the technique.
Posted on 2/25/19 at 9:27 am to StatMaster
weightless fluke has always been a good one for me.
Posted on 2/25/19 at 9:39 am to StatMaster
Gonna depend on time of year and weather. Ponds are more affected by fronts than larger water bodies.
If they’re chasing, I like a small buzzbait with the skirt removed and a speedcraw as a trailer. Caught 35 on this setup this weekend.
If they won’t chase, baby brush hog or speedcraw in watermelon red or green pumpkin magic. Senkos are good but you will go through a ton of them.
We use the two rigs above to remove hundreds of small bass a year from three good sized ponds. We do it to keep the numbers down to grow trophy fish but it’s a blast having them blow up on the buzzbait like that.
If they’re chasing, I like a small buzzbait with the skirt removed and a speedcraw as a trailer. Caught 35 on this setup this weekend.
If they won’t chase, baby brush hog or speedcraw in watermelon red or green pumpkin magic. Senkos are good but you will go through a ton of them.
We use the two rigs above to remove hundreds of small bass a year from three good sized ponds. We do it to keep the numbers down to grow trophy fish but it’s a blast having them blow up on the buzzbait like that.
Posted on 2/25/19 at 10:18 am to TheDrunkenTigah
hard to beat a senko..... but don't over look a small pop-r or pretty much anything that looks like a small bream.
Posted on 2/25/19 at 10:45 am to ElDawgHawg
white or watermelon/red fluke no weight...hook only. Its absolute poison in a pond. Feel like i'm seining it with that lure.
Posted on 2/25/19 at 11:21 am to lessstressmorefishin
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Probably not a popular thing down south, but this off season I tried to learn the drop shot more and more. So I started by getting the feel for the bites, set up, & technique in ponds. Since it is such a small, finesse type of presentation, you'll catch a lot more smaller fish. However, you will get A LOT of bites and eventually you will get a big bite. It's not quite the same thing as fishing it vertically but it definitely helps you learn the technique.
I dropshot my brother's pond all the time. It is a blast.
Posted on 2/25/19 at 1:30 pm to StatMaster
when it warms up in a couple weeks get out there before the sun rise and cruise a whopper plopper or a jitterbug just outside that vegetation and watch them crush.
Posted on 2/25/19 at 1:53 pm to Janky
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I dropshot my brother's pond all the time. It is a blast.
What kind of plastics are you catching bass with when you drop shot? I have never gotten into that style of fishing but am interested in trying something new.
Posted on 2/25/19 at 2:20 pm to stevengtiger
anything you would texas rig will work on drop shot so here goes
Flukes, lizards, worms, big worms, live worms, minnows, senkos, marshmellows. you name it.
just kinda depends on what is in the lake. Me and my buddy drop shotted at night drinking beer on a camping trip. we were knee deep at the boat ramp at 10pm catching spotted bass on live worms with a drop shot. My buddy had 2 hooks rigged and caught 2 bass at the same time and a catfish and a bass at the same time.
Flukes, lizards, worms, big worms, live worms, minnows, senkos, marshmellows. you name it.
just kinda depends on what is in the lake. Me and my buddy drop shotted at night drinking beer on a camping trip. we were knee deep at the boat ramp at 10pm catching spotted bass on live worms with a drop shot. My buddy had 2 hooks rigged and caught 2 bass at the same time and a catfish and a bass at the same time.
Posted on 2/25/19 at 2:24 pm to stevengtiger
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What kind of plastics are you catching bass with when you drop shot?
For traditional drop shot, I use strike king Dream-shot, and roboworms normally, but I've used speed craws and trick worms too as well as small flukes.
I often in the past have used a power-shot set-up, which is just a drop shot with a typical EWG worm hook rigged weedless. Anything you'd throw on a TX or c-rig works here. baby brush hogs and lizards seem particularly effective.
Posted on 2/25/19 at 2:30 pm to stevengtiger
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What kind of plastics are you catching bass with when you drop shot?
Typically, a drop shot is more of a finesse technique so you want to focus on a finesse style bait (slender, low profile, etc.). As mentioned above, small flukes, trick works, any craw type bait works. I like to use small shad style baits that are about 3" long. The shimmer shad is a really nice bait to have in stock when the bite gets tough
Posted on 2/25/19 at 3:05 pm to stevengtiger
I use 6" straight tail roboworms with a 2/0 roboworm rebar hook. Throw it on a powell max3d 712 and a pflueger president. 30# power pro with an 8# sniper leader.
This post was edited on 2/25/19 at 3:31 pm
Posted on 2/25/19 at 3:19 pm to PillageUrVillage
Texas rig with a bullet weight?
Posted on 2/25/19 at 3:26 pm to yatesdog38
Thanks for the info fellas. Need to get out of my comfort zone of weightless senko fishing everywhere. (Even though it works)
Posted on 2/25/19 at 3:39 pm to StatMaster
Stained water ....check
Some vegetation.... check
5 1/2 lber on a chatterbait....check
;)
Some vegetation.... check
5 1/2 lber on a chatterbait....check
;)
This post was edited on 2/25/19 at 3:40 pm
Posted on 2/25/19 at 3:47 pm to stevengtiger
I really like using a shakey head also but they are not ideal when there is brush all over the bottom. Vegetation only tho you can make them work. They make shakey specific worms, and finesse worms work as well as senkos. Look it up. I'm trying this tokyo rig thing too this year which is basically a modified punch rig. I'm ready to be back on the water right now.
Posted on 2/25/19 at 4:47 pm to stevengtiger
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What kind of plastics are you catching bass with when you drop shot?
Strike King Z Too. Remember that in the south a lot of drop shots are on the bottom after casting, so the “leader” needs to be a bit longer. Many of the northern drop shot fishing techniques are in deep water, so their “leaders” are less than two feet because they simply drop them. Most of ours need to be used more like a Carolina rig.
This post was edited on 2/25/19 at 4:49 pm
Posted on 2/25/19 at 5:41 pm to Bigryno7
Yep. 1/8 oz usually.
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