554dr150

Well the we is just 2 of us. All of our pond management people local to us are saying the pond is way overloaded with bass. We only fish it about 3 times a year so probably the "all we catch" numbers less than 40 fish. We have been doing this for about 7-8 years and no change. Still being told we need to remove more. Have only ever caught 2 over 2 lbs.

We have a small pond (about 1/2 acre). It hasn't been stocked since the early 80's. Almost no one fishes it. We can catch piles of bass in the spring. We average 7-10 pre hour. Here is the kicker, they will only hit original rapala's. Medium or small and only silver and black. No matter what else you throw, you won't catch one. Summer and fall you can't get them to bite anything. Fish run to the small side. We keep all we catch. In the last couple of years we are catching a few slightly larger fish. Any idea on how the make them bite later in the year?