RyanLC

Thanks for all the input. I really didn't think anyone would reply so fast. I live in east Tennessee litterly right on the Tennessee/Kentucky state line. There is probably 20 to 30 old trees that are in the pond . Some of them are pretty good size white oaks. I fished a couple of times during the fall at daylight. I used some square bills and I didn't have any luck. My retrieve may be to fast though. Right before I moved back here ; I used to live right on the Tennessee River. Thats really when I got super into fishing. People would pass the dock all the time and share some knowledge with me , and boy do I sure miss that. So now I really don't know anyone around were I live now who actually knows what there they are doing. I try to go to the fishing section in Walmart and try to ask around , but I haven't got much valuable info out of that. Ive never kept a log , but I'm going to start..Thanks again for all the help.

3 years ago I inherited some land from my grandparents. On the land is a 3 acre pond. I use to fish there whenever I was a kid and even then I really can't remember catching to many fish. When I first moved to the property 3 years ago I really didn't know what all was in there. I had seen a couple of bluegill and bass , but I didn't know how many was in there . I decided to stock it with 250 largemouth bass and 50 channel cats. The last 2 years I have bought around 100 dollars worth of fat head minnows to hopefully get the bass a little bigger. Like I said the pond is 3 acres. The deep end is 27ft and the shallow side is 4ft. There is also bunch of fallen trees in there. Most of the time the water is pretty clear. You can probably see 5 or more feet from the top of the water. I probably fish 4 out of 7 days a week , and im lucky if I catch 2 fish a 3 fish a week. The thing is I always see tons of fish down there. I can tell the ones I stocked because they are all the same size , but I see alot of big bass too. Anyways I have spent over 300 dollars in lures in the last month alone , and all I ever catch if I'm lucky are a couple of the smaller bass. Some weeks I don't catch anything at all. The only thing I ever get bit with are a texas rig senko. Usually in green pumpkin or baby bass. Ive thrown everything but the kitchen sink. Ive tried whopper ploppers , frogs, chatterbaits , jigs , square bills , savage gear pulse tails, . They will come check the bait out , but they never bite. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or what.I've also wondered if I could have overstocked the minnows. Any advice will be deeply appreciated . Sorry the post was so long. I just wanted to give the background on the pond.