Pond Invitation

[bob46]

I got to fish one in the spring by special invitation, my brother in law new the people wow what a fishing trip 10 bass in 2 hours biggest 6 pound, the smallest pound and a half. I used a dip stick worm, blue gill colored.

[JD7.62]

If you have nothing against live bait, use it and use BIG bait. Catch around a 6" bluegill and throw a relatively small circle hook (2/0) in front of the 'gills dorsal fin. Fish it as is, no weight or float. Cast it in areas you think that hold fish. I prefer to use a spinning reel with the bail open and my finger on the line. Once the fish takes it, let the line free spool and count to 10, then start REELING...dont jerk.

When I fish ponds like you mention, this is always a surefire way to catch the biguns.

[GeoFisher]

If you have nothing against live bait, use it and use BIG bait. Catch around a 6" bluegill and throw a relatively small circle hook (2/0) in front of the 'gills dorsal fin. Fish it as is, no weight or float. Cast it in areas you think that hold fish. I prefer to use a spinning reel with the bail open and my finger on the line. Once the fish takes it, let the line free spool and count to 10, then start REELING...dont jerk.

When I fish ponds like you mention, this is always a surefire way to catch the biguns.

Hey.........about time you showed up again...........

[BurleyDog]

Thanks for all the advice guys. According to the person I was fishing with it was slow. However I would have never known that.
We fished three big ponds (100 yards +) and totally hammered the bass. It took a while to figure them out but did really well on a weedless watermellow salamander (lizard) and on tube jigs. We threw about everything we could think of until we figured out the tube jig was working. I used a brown color and the other guy used purple.

Caught 30+ 15" or bigger bass. Several dinkier ones.
My biggest was the biggest fish of the day 22" and really fat and heavy (maybe 3-4 pounds but I don't know).
Caught it off a salamander.

Thanks for your advise!

[cra97]

I am guessing that at 22 in, "fat and heavy", it would have been way over 3 lbs but that is just my thoughts from looking at those numbers and what I weigh-in. Congrats on your trip and I would have responded, wouldn't have mattered though cause you got great advice, but just got internet in my new apt.

Rob

[smljaw]

Now that's awesome! Lots of guys would call a fat 22" bass an 8 pounder!!!!! In reality, calling it 3 pounds is selling yourself way short! A hefty 22" bass goes 5-6 pounds or better. I once caught a 23.5" bass that weighed 8 pounds.

[bassman_ky]

If there are big bass in a pond they will eat a Jitterbug. This time of the year they should eat one all day long. If they dont the texas rigged worm is hard to beat.

[RICHYD4U]

Tube jigs are killer in ponds. I used to fish a private pond in Berea, Ky and would kill them all day long with a 3 1/2" Junebug tube. Good job, sounded like fun.

-Rich

[burt.fishin]

hi guys,
i got invited to bass fish a couple of trophy bass ponds on some upscale lexington area horse farms this sunday.
They are managed somehow so that they often pull 5+ lbers out of them.

I have a question.

1) what type of lures/presentation should i make to these fish? (i never have bass fished in the fall before and actually i don't bass fish much at all - usually trout fish)

kellys fire tail!!!!!!!!! One of the greatest plastics ever made!!!!
Caught a 6 pounder of one just 2 days ago