Pond Fishing Patterns

[SteveM4A1]

For bass, I love to use monster 10" weightless worms in small ponds. This keeps the bluegill from picking up my worm and tearing it up. For gills, redear, or crappie, you can't beat a rooster tail anytime of the year imo. Small ponds with decent sized fish can be the most fun fishing you can have.

[ClarkIR]

I went out yesterday and tried for 2 hours to catch a nice 20in (probably 4-5 pounds) on her nest. Shed move away and come back. The only thing she touched was an 8 in Jelly worm, just enough to move it.

Switched to a jerk bait and out of nowhere a 3 pounder comes up and gets within inches of it to investigate. Then leaves.

So that sucked.

[SteveM4A1]

I went out yesterday and tried for 2 hours to catch a nice 20in (probably 4-5 pounds) on her nest. Shed move away and come back. The only thing she touched was an 8 in Jelly worm, just enough to move it.

Switched to a jerk bait and out of nowhere a 3 pounder comes up and gets within inches of it to investigate. Then leaves.

So that sucked.

yea they can be picky. sometimes you have to plop it on their head to make them mad, other times you have to let it sit in their nest for a while. and then of course there are those times where you try every trick imagineable and they won't even so much as look at it. or they bump it with the top outside part of their mouth so they won't get hooked.