DennisQ

Were fishing flat on bottom so the presentation is the same.

I'm fishing a small pond in western Ohio. The pond was put in about 1954. It averages about 6'-8' deep now. It is stained very dark with Aqua Shade. The bottom is black muck with very sparse vegetation. There is a good size bluegill population, a few black crappie, and channel cat plus the bass. The pond is kept at a certain level with well water so it is very clean water. While fishing on bottom, we have caught large mouth bass on, venison, stew beef, stew beef covered with onion ring dip from Burger King, Bar S brand franks, Kahn's brand Big Red Smokeys, and Bob Evans brand breakfast links. Most of the bass caught on these baits are in the 2-2 1/2 pound range. Some days we have caught as many bass as catfish. What in these baits are attracting bass to them? Is there something lacking in the pond or in their diet that causes them to hit these?