russ

North near chazy river

Every year with my grandfather and my whole family i go up too Lakechamplain for two weeks. I turned fourteen this year and have gone for the last 4 years and most of the time I have gone for smallmouth bass. But in my home in maryland I only am able to fish 1 public pond. So for the fourth year in a row we are having a family fishing tournament. Now for my question since I normlly fish for largemouth in a pond i have also noticed how much harder it is to locate the fish but each year I've come up there in the sameplace. But I am asking what types of lures work well for cattail like plants coming out of the water there are two near the place we stay so I go to them a lot. so I am asking what types of lures should I use for cover like floating grass, cattails, wood lilypads, the whole nine yards. I have caught bass at the five pound mark but I would like to see if anyone can shed any light on lures that would work in this kind of situation. hope this wasent to long and hope I can get some anwsers thanks.

I have been expirmenting with berkly Powerbait hollow body swimbaits in a pond i fish. I ordered some and the last couple of days i have been using them acccounting for 5 fish. This is the only pond I have access to and I do all of my fishing there. So my question is has anybody used these swimbaits in small ponds and had a good amout of nice fish caught. The fish I have caught were in the 3-6 pound range. Also any good tips/tecniques on using these?