JackJr

Bass usually spawn on hard bottoms and they spawn on wood and around lily pads. It's possible the big females aren't getting enough food because of all the crappie and small bass. If I were him I would try to transport a solid amount of male bass out and add spawning areas around the bank.

The bass fishing in the ponds that I have been fishing has been absolutely terrible ever since. There is no other angler pressure around here because everyone here does the saltwater thing. I've tried every tactic in the book to try to catch the bass but get little to no results. I have to blame it on the chemicals because the fishing was so great before they did it.

I'm here to ask about fellow fishermans opinions on putting weed killer in ponds/lakes. They say these chemicals do not kill the fish but I completely disagree with that. Ever since they started putting those blue chemicals in my local ponds the fishing got worse and worse over the years. 5 years ago the fishing was amazing in my area you can go out there and catch 5 bass in 10 minutes easily. Now I'm lucky if I can catch 1 dink in an hour! They recently put the chemicals in a pond I live near and the water is pure blue and all of the weeds are completely gone. I threw around for about 30 minutes and not only did I not get one bite, I also didn't see a single sign of life. No bait fish nothing. This was also a pond I used to be able to go to and catch hundreds of bass. I assume y'all agree with me but I've never heard anyone talk about this topic and want to know y'alls opinions.

Have you tried buzzbaits?