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Conditions: Small pond after a couple hours of rain, water clarity is still fairly clear, water temps around mid 60's. Pond holds lots of weed beds and a few sunken stumps, also there is a very small stream around some rocks that creates a slight current. Primary forage of the pond is bluegill. Any suggestions how I should fish this? Thanks in advance.

Thanks for the help so far guys. Guess my main concern is wind since i've had a lot of trouble before. I try to stick to smaller lakes or coves of larger ones but still doesn't take much to knock you off a spot.

I have a 15 foot canoe that I use for fishing and would like to put a trolling motor on it. The paddling doesn't bother me but even a slight breeze moves the canoe around a lot so its difficult to stay on a spot and be positioned the right way. I don't really need anything fancy, something like a Minn Kota Endura would suit me fine since the price is right but i'm curious what pound thrust I would need. At the absolute most I would have roughly 500 pounds in the canoe but more often than not it would be less. Also i'm wondering about a battery and what the drain would be like, I'm guessing I would need a trickle charger for it as well. Anyone who uses a canoe with a TM feel free to talk about your experiences as well, Just wanna make sure this will work out how i'm hoping. Thanks.

Went to the same pond today and once again, no fish. Conditions: Very windy, sunny with a few clouds. Temp around 70, not sure on water temp. Equipment: 6'6" MH BPS Bionic Blade, Shimano Sahara 2500 with 8# Sufix Siege Lures: 1/4 oz Terminator Super Stainless Blue Shad Spinnerbait, T-Rigged Watermelon Seed Zoom U-Tail Worked timber and some rocky shorelines on the deeper side of the lake. I was casting with the wind most of the day (should I have cast into the wind?) Used a variety of retrieves with the spinnerbait and tried to make contact with as much cover as possible. Only brought those lures so I would thoroughly work them and focus how I work the bait instead of switching too much. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Marty: Should have specified, I usually catch a panfish or maybe a white/hybrid when I tie on an in-line, not usually a largemouth or smallie. I fish from shore in central and southern Indiana but have been looking for a boat. My late spring to fall fishing has mainly consisted of throwing a spinnerbait/buzzbait, flukes and cranks. All natural shad/baitfish colors since most of the lakes here are gin clear. LBH: Thanks for the tip on the dying weed beds, should have been obvious but wasn't at the time and looked like it would hold smaller baitfish. Appreciate the tips everyone. Fishing from shore is difficult just seeing so many nice spots just out of reach but I'm trying to make do with what I've got for the time being.

During my fishing trip today the conditions were cloudy with quite a bit of wind. Based on what you posted I should have been throwing a buzzbait around cover, the pond I happened to be at had a lot of dying out weed beds. Am I correct or would the water have been too cold for a fast moving buzzbait.

Never said I don't have fun fishing but when was the last time you got skunked for the whole year? I don't think asking about weather conditions affecting bass to be "too technical" especially with some of the questions that are asked around here. I refuse to believe that fishing is all luck, luck would involve the size of the fish. Look at profession bass tours, there are people who almost consistently finish near the top, they could just be the luckiest people on earth but I don't buy that. I don't want to go out and land a bass every cast but 1 fish a season is wearing a little thin. I've accepted the fact that I AM doing something wrong and would just like some help in pinpointing where my problem is and how to correct it.

I've read many conflicting articles about various water conditions and how the fish react based on them. Lure selection has been a big problem mainly because I switch far too often so I would like some suggestions on how the weather and type of cover/structure dictate what type of lure I should be throwing. Barometric pressure and how the bass respond to warm/cold fronts. Water temp. When do bass suspend, shallow, deep. Here in Indiana the temps have been around mid 50's to low 60's and upper 30's low 40's at night. I would guess the water temp to be low 60's. I have a very good understanding of cover and structure and colors based on water clarity but choosing the right lure has become my downfall. I almost always have to resort to an in-line spinner or road runner to land a few fish. Thanks for the help.