jaymeister99

That makes it tough, especially in the cold water. I don't seem to get much hits off rubber in the cold. I have used a plastic "weedless" frog tossed around the thick stuff. Luckily for me most of the ponds around here don't get thick weeds until late in the summer. But unfortunately due to invasive species some of the ponds get so thick you can't fish on em.

Wool socks, keeps you toasty warm and still maintain they're warmth even if they get a bit damp. Layer your clothes. Base layer of long johns, guess I'm a bit old school but I use polypro and it works fine. Then jeans, cotton shirt. Depending on the cold one or two layers of a fleece liner jacket. Then an outer layer goretex jacket. But IMO dont use goretex if you are walking any major distance, it doesn't breath well. I have a military issue set of goretex pants and fleece bibs, works great and its cheap. All this gets used for hunting and colder weather camping too.

Slow, really, really slow. I used to live in an apartment complex with a few small ponds loaded with Largemouth. Had the same issue you got. Tried everything, a few fish would swim over but never bite. Then I happened to try the trusty old Rapala minnow. Still nothing. Until I cast it out and let it sit. I twitched it, and bam! From then on threw in a Rapala minnow or Rapala Husky Jerk. But the key is to barely move it, I mean literally an inch or two each twitch. I'd have days I'd catch a fish on every cast!

I use 7" Berkeley with a 3/0 worm hook. But I have used as big as a 5/0 worm hook without a problem.

Thanks for the welcoming! Looks like I'll be sticking with my Power Worms.

Anybody tried the BPS Ribbontail worm? I've been using the Berkeley Power Worm for almost 20 years. The BPS worms are much cheaper and had some great reviews on BPS. Better than the Berkeley?