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[MKG1985]

I try to keep a buzzbait tied on one rod at all times. They're weedless for the most part. I also have a weightless YUM Dinger on a rod, watermelon with gold flakes work well around weedbeds. Let it sit, twitch it a few times, or twitch it all the way in to make it "swim". Another favorite is a white chatterbait used like a spinnerbait. And like the other posts have said, early morning or late evening are the best times.

[Dawg]

A common mistake is using too heavy of a line. You'd be surprised at what a difference 2-4 lbs lighter on your line makes. It also makes it more fun knowing that you can't just muscle a fish in. It takes a little more skill catchin 5-6 lb bass on a 4-6lb test line than it would usin a 10-12 lb line.

That is true. One fishing trip comes to mind. My cousin and I were fishing the exact same setup except he was using a lighter line than me. It didn't take him no time to land a few bass compared to my one. I switched to a lighter line and started catching more.

One of my all time favorite lure style is wacky worm. I love it!!!

Carolina Rig comes 2nd.

[MonsterBuck48]

just try fishing the docks, stumps or shrub, and find dropoffs, fish like to sit at the edge of a drop during hte day and work theyre way into shallower water. plus if it looks lik eyou cant fish it because lillies and brush then thats where u want to drop a weedless rubber lizard or worm. good luck, i only got to fish for about a month last year due to being the marine corp. and i can tell you me and my fishing buddy sure tore some farm ponds up. fish the shallow for nest and pop and worm along the bottom or just fish along the shore line. i think one day we caught 30+ large mouth between the both of us most all of them over 2.5lbs. good luck

[TN Bucknasty]

Ya'll are going to think I'm nuts, but if you ever run into this situation, try what I'm about to tell you. It's an old Indian trick they used for crappie in Florida.

Here during the mid-late summer on Pickwick Lake, people start having a hard time catching bass because they will suspend in 20 ft of water and feed on endless schools of shad. Occasionally, you'll see a school of fish start busting the top in the middle of the lake. Most people assume it's stripe or something, but it's usually not.

Last summer I started noticing that passing boats creating waves or a single fish or birds splashing usually triggered the short frenzies so I pulled to the last place I saw a school feeding, dug out a ten foot crappie pole, and started slapping the water. Bass started blowing up all over. I caught fish ranging from less than 1 up to 7 lbs. all summer doing this in the evenings. I even won a team tournament fishing by myself. I've done the same thing on Ross Barnett Reservoir down in Mississippi during June and July. I usually use a bait that I can fish really fast with and cast really far if I need to. A 1 oz spinner usually is my bait of choice, but anything will work. I've even done it with a 12 inch worm. The bigger fish will usually sit right below the smaller ones and feed on the crap raining down. The fish might or might not come toward the boat, but they nearly always started busting the top. However, this never worked for me after dark. The fish always moved shallow when the sun went down.

Edited April 20, 2010 by TN Bucknasty

[MichiganHunter]

I like dynamite tied to small to medium rocks in water up to 12ft deer with a 2 - 4 sec fuse. In water past 15ft I like larger rocks 10+lbs with 2 sticks and a 10 sec water proof fuse.

[TN Bucknasty]

I like dynamite tied to small to medium rocks in water up to 12ft deer with a 2 - 4 sec fuse. In water past 15ft I like larger rocks 10+lbs with 2 sticks and a 10 sec water proof fuse.

Yeah, an old army telephone works pretty well, too.

[MonsterBuck48]

gotta work those soft plastics around the pond edges, look for brush and docks to fish around too.

[dbHunterNY]

With small ponds holding lunkers, use the real stuff when they won't hit anything. Take a small juvenile frog, hook it through the lower lip, and toss it right out in the middle. Let it swim around and a big something will come up to get it. Sometimes they will stay still, because they know they are in trouble. When that happens just give the rod a light quick tug.

[MonsterBuck48]

With small ponds holding lunkers, use the real stuff when they won't hit anything. Take a small juvenile frog, hook it through the lower lip, and toss it right out in the middle. Let it swim around and a big something will come up to get it. Sometimes they will stay still, because they know they are in trouble. When that happens just give the rod a light quick tug.

ive personnaly done this before, once i didnt get anything out of it for awhile so i reeled in removed the frog still alive and tossed him back in the pond no sooner than the frog touched water...snap... go figures right

[hunter109]

yea that sucked realy bad man

[dbHunterNY]

ive personnaly done this before, once i didnt get anything out of it for awhile so i reeled in removed the frog still alive and tossed him back in the pond no sooner than the frog touched water...snap... go figures right

my brother did that for a half an hour one day with a salamander. same thing happened. i usually get them to bite. the hook can't be too big or they won't bite. I forget the size I use now.

[bulbob]

If you want try a totally new way to fish check out this video from www.BulletBobber.com

Catch more fish by keeping your lure or bait in the water and where you want it longer.

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[deragoku]

This makes it easier to see, just like during the day and strike! I have two blacklights, a battery-powered, waiting for me on the boat, which is again 18 "Lamp.