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Pond Help
Posted on 5/15/14 at 8:43 am
Posted on 5/15/14 at 8:43 am
Just moved recently have about an acre stocked pond. The person that lived there before me fished it a lot. Bass seem to only randomly hit a spinnerbait. They wont hit a worm unless you pop them on the head from the cast. Ive tried about 10 different shades. Through a few top waters no luck. Had a few bass pop at the ol bandit. Havent been able to fish at sundown with the lunker lure yet. All the bass seem to be 10 to 12 in pound to two pounds. So I know I need to irradicate some of them. Huge brim.. Ive probably caught ten of em on crank baits. To my knowlege other than bass and brim the have some cats in there. What type of lures does the OB recommend?
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Posted on 5/15/14 at 8:44 am to ThaTigerDon
NASCAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted on 5/15/14 at 8:47 am to ThaTigerDon
Ok, now that I've actually read your post. 
Frogs and poppers, Rat-l-traps, buzz bait, and get those bream under control.
Frogs and poppers, Rat-l-traps, buzz bait, and get those bream under control.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 8:49 am to ThaTigerDon
Those bass might be locked up if a pond that small is over fished. Baby bass senkos is my go-to for small pond fishing. I would try and pull all the catfish out as well. They can screw up a small pond for fishing IMO.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 8:52 am to stevengtiger
My plan is to massacre a bunch of them this weekend. Im going to go stock up on baits this eve.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 8:53 am to ThaTigerDon
Posted on 5/15/14 at 8:55 am to 4X4DEMON
quote:
NASCAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The guy has become an OB celebrity.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 8:56 am to ThaTigerDon
quote:
What type of lures does the OB recommend?
Posted on 5/15/14 at 9:01 am to ThaTigerDon
The smaller the bait the better, sounds like your pond may have too many bass. Beetle spins, road runners, etc.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 9:09 am to wickowick
Ill use the jumper cables before the banjo minnow
Posted on 5/15/14 at 9:15 am to ThaTigerDon
invite a bunch of kids over with a big box of crickets and get as many bream out as you can. keep doing that over and over again
Posted on 5/15/14 at 9:16 am to jorconalx
It sounds like it's a pretty healthy pond to me. Big bream and decent size bass is a good sign. If you want to catch more bass, quit culling them. You will get more bass that aren't hook shy but they will be smaller. With a small pond it's impossible to have lots of big fish that are easy to catch. Your pond can only support so many pounds of fish naturally. Fertilizing and feeding may help.
Eta: also try to remove the catfish. You want the bass to be the only top line predator
Eta: also try to remove the catfish. You want the bass to be the only top line predator
This post was edited on 5/15/14 at 9:20 am
Posted on 5/15/14 at 9:19 am to aaronb023
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Fertilizing and feeding may help
truth, but the algae can become a pita
try and catch some smaller bream and fish with live bait for bass
Posted on 5/15/14 at 9:42 am to ThaTigerDon
Try small brim or shiners if they are locked up. Nothing beats live bait.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 9:44 am to ThaTigerDon
let me guess.....there are no grass/weeds along the sides of the banks in the pond......right?
Posted on 5/15/14 at 10:19 am to oldcharlie8
minimal grass and weeds. Id guess the pond is 4 to 5 years old max.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 2:15 am to 4X4DEMON
quote:
NASCAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First reply about a pond. Does this mean I have to give him a sujestion?
To the OP
Sounds like it may be too much other stuff for the fish to eat besides your lures.
May sound crazy but try & sain a portion of it & see what all you got or throw a stick of dynamite in it & see what comes up
Posted on 5/16/14 at 9:56 am to ThaTigerDon
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minimal grass and weeds. Id guess the pond is 4 to 5 years old max.
unfortunately, you need to let the weeds/grass kinda grow on the sides. you have to have a place for some of your bait fish to "hide". if not, your fish will never be "hungry" so to speak. if it's not a challenge, your pond will be useless in a few years. this happens all the time to people that continue to "manicure" their pond from all weeds. now....if you want to continue to stock it....by all means make it pretty.
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