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I recently got into bass fishing and I went down to stump pond. i was there for over 2 hours and i couldn't catch anything. for lures I have 2 spinner baits, a frog,  a deep water rattle  bait,and shallow water rattle bait thing. 

Do you know how to work those things?

Would you know where to work those things?

Gotta start with the basics.. spinnerbaits in sparse hydrilla.. frogs on top of lillies, mats, hydrilla..

rattlers along weed edges or open water

It doesn't matter what you throw if there is no fish in the pond. Are you sure it's stocked?

 

Spinners you need to keep higher in the water column most of the time. Keep frogs in weeds, and throw rattletraps in open water or by cover.

no location but its safe to say ur pond water is nearing it's all time high of the year=soup bowl.

all the lures you listed=reaction baits.

it's mighty hot w/ low levels of oxygen so soak a rubber worm instead of asking the fish to chase a spinnerbait.

but keep trying ur reaction lures at dusk/dawn/night and during rain/storms/summer 'cold' fronts.

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no location but its safe to say ur pond water is nearing it's all time high of the year=soup bowl.

all the lures you listed=reaction baits.

it's mighty hot w/ low levels of oxygen so soak a rubber worm instead of asking the fish to chase a spinnerbait.

but keep trying ur reaction lures at dusk/dawn/night and during rain/storms/summer 'cold' fronts.

Agree, grab some soft plastics and go slow.

Get a bag of dark-colored 7" plastic worms, some 1/4 or 1/8 oz weights and a pack of good (Gamakatsu) hooks, 3/0 or 4/0. Then seine that pond slowly and work on your hooksets.  Good luck!

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