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Thanks Tom. I will go try and find those videos and check them out. these are largemouth bass in this lake. Have not seen any smallmouth. My main gear is spinning rods. I appreciate all the info I will definitely be giving that stuff a shot. I will be going next weekend to do some fishing there. i have to admit my confidence in crankbaits is very low as I have not used many in the past but definitely am open to trying anything. Just not sure where to even begin but again appreciate the info you have given me

No problem. Ask away! I appreciate anything. Yea I assumed the primary forage fish would be the pumpkinseed especially for the bigger guys. I do see alot of very big sunfish which I thought would be good to keep breeding but not sure most the bass can eat them. But when I went swimming around I do see ones about 1 to 3 inches hanging by tree limbs or small weedy areas. I have seen what I think are fathead minnows. Maybe some other kind of minnows hanging around too. At night I have occasionally saw crayfish up tight to shore buried in the muck or dead leaves but not sure if they are ever out in the open for the bass to be able to feed on them. My dad caught that bass on a 5" double tail hula grub from Yamamoto. Around this time last year. We do have a boat (electric motor only allowed) But also have a depth finder. Thanks Tom

Hey thanks to both of you. I really appreciate the input and replies! Bluebasser86..I have a report from 2016 that was done and in the file they say it is a moderately productive lake. Like we all could have guessed there is not so much plankton or anything like that since the water is so clear so it might be a cause of that. But they recommended fishing logs from owners to better determine if there is a balance in the lake. As they only did seine nets at a few locations. So I guess maybe I should be keeping some logs of fish as I catch them and maybe send them in. This would probably be best as you recommend I don't want to guess and then end up hurting the lake

Please help. I have researched and read many articles. Would like to see if anyone on here has any opinions or advice. I have a house on a very unique private pond/lake. NY/Vermont area. Like nothing I have fished or seen. So this pond is not huge it has a surface area of 21 acres. This pond has steep banks all around. Almost no flat surface. Almost like a huge bowl. This lake is deep 95 feet at its deepest. But lake studies show it has no dissolved oxygen below 30 feet so fish can not survive deeper waters. This lake is crystal clear with a visibility of 24 feet. There is not many weedy areas only rocks as structure and downed trees and huge rock slabs. So I am trying to figure out if there is a problem with the balance of the pond or if I have just not figured it out yet. There seems to be a very healthy population of pumpkinseed sunfish. They are everywhere. Pretty good variety sizes too. I have seen and caught many many bass 12 inches and under. But they seem healthy not too skinny. But have seen pairs of larger bass cruising and my father has caught an 8lb bass out of the pond I caught a 3lb. I have been trying to figure out if there is a stunted population of bass or if there is not enough forage for the bass or that I just don’t catch any mid size because they are more difficult to catch because of the clear conditions and they can not go too deep so maybe they are moving more. Any ideas? the only other species in this pond are catfish. I have seen big catfish at night. I have caught very few rock bass stocked rainbow trout minnows Frogs there used to be yellow perch in the pond but they were over fished in winters by non residents of the pond. I was wondering if the disappearance of them could be affecting the bass as well. Sorry for the long post. Any advice/info/chat is welcome