Please forgive me if this is covered in another thread.  I've been reading the forums for the last two days and haven't seen my question tackled yet (get it?  Tackled?)

 

I fish almost exclusively from shore and have been looking for new water to fish on near Atlanta for the last year or so.  Now, I'm not asking for honey holes or anything like that, but I would love to know some strategies when arriving at a brand new lake.  I'm also not asking about the big lakes like Lanier or Alatoona or the like.  I'm talking smaller ponds, 20 acres or less.  I started fishing again when the boys started playing baseball at various parks that happened to have ponds.  So far, I'm doing ok, but I would like to do (and get) better.

 

Thanks!

 

VG

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here's a long shore thread. some quality posts mixed in:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/126667-bank-fishing-forum/page-9#entry1429765

 

and slow dragging a soft plastic of ur choice always seems to fool'm:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/13845-guaranteed-to-catch-bass/

Outstanding!  Thanks ClackerBuzz!

 

The second link actually answered a followup question that I had: When do you abandon a lake/pond?  At what point do you just say "there aren't any fish here?"

 

Now if I can only develop a little patience.  I've been fishing plastics almost exclusively and have started to get a little confidence and some meager skills.