Anyone on the board fish ponds?

You ever try frogs?

Some type of craw lure on a Texas rig. Working the lure parallel to the bank.

In that case, zoom superfluke in smokey shad color fished weightless, cast out and twitch it back.

If there are shad present then they are definitely eating them. That can be tricky since they will get really keyed in on small shad. A fluke is still a good bet. Senkos work anywhere, as much as I hate fishing them. Willow leaf spinnerbaits can get bit, and have a popper or spook handy. If you get a wild hair and it’s tough try a jerkbait. Shad feeding fish look up, you’ll want to focus on the top third of the water column.

I do real well fishing ponds for bass, I have a boat but I never turn down a good pond. My strategy is to throw stuff I don’t think they’ve seen before. With all the baits on the market, I don’t think it’s hard. I usually don’t throw much plastic on the bottom. Typically popR’s or frogs in the morning and evening, and then chatterbaits and square bills when the sun is up. I’ve found that I’ll catch 1-2 fish on a bait and then they stop hitting it and I’ll switch to something else. I like to run baits a foot tops off the bank. I’ll cast as far as I can down the bank, work it back, take 3-4 steps and then cast as far down the bank as I can again. I do it all the way around and then repeat.

Watermelon red flake senko.

I exclusively fish ponds and generally try to fish 4-5 times a week. Some good recommendations so far.

- Senko will always work, I generally prefer texas rigging it but a lot love the wacky presentation
- Fluke is a generic term but I am a loyalist to KVD Perfect Plastic Caffeine Shad. It has a completely different action than a Zoom Super Fluke. The caffeine shad is a very dense bait with a lot of salt so it compares to a senko but with more bait fish like action. Because of the weight, I fish it weightless and let it naturally fall and then give it a twitch occasionally. It’s a very different presentation than how most fish the lure but it’s tied on very often. KVD Magic is my preferred color.
- Ned rig is absolute money in a pond, especially ones that get pressed a lot. Use the lightest head you can...I generally use 1/10 but occasionally use 1/15. 1/6 of it’s a little windy. TRD is the tired and true. I use the Mud Minnow color the most because it looks like fingerlings and other forage that is common in a pond. I’ve also had success on the craw version but a little earlier in the year. For stained water, I got the Yoga Pants (all black) and it’s worked well in tougher conditions.
- Flashy swimmer with a Rage Swimmer 3.75 has been a recent addition. Fishes weedless which is a big need for most ponds. Caught two on it last night.
- Finesse jig is another newer addition to my arsenal. I put a small beaver trailer on it. Caught 7 last night using this and it just gives a different presentation that the fish don’t see as often. I don’t fish jigs super often but the smaller profile jigs mimic a beefed up ned rig.

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My strategy is to throw stuff I don’t think they’ve seen before.

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I agree with this. I’ve gotten some good results on old school topwater baits that aren’t popular now like a Tiny Torpedo. A lot of pond fish have never seen a dropshot or Carolina rig.

I also like to fish at times when other people don’t. Usually very early or late - even in the dark.

Finally, I tend to downsize the baits. The smallest version of the Strike King squarebill (1.0?), a small buzzbait, Zara Puppy, etc.

We have a neighborhood pond that I and another neighbor basically stocked around 9-10 yrs ago. When we were fishing elsewhere we’d put everything in an cooler and bring them back and dump in the pond.

Some are now pushing 6-8lbs.
Last night my son and I went. He caught two really nice bass. One was 5.3lbs and the other was 3.8lbs (He used his new scale).

They were both caught on a Heddon Tiny Torpedo

He tried to talk some crap and I told him his sister was getting all the inheritance when I’m gone.