I was fishing a pond this morning, and in the first about 15-20 minutes i caught 8 bass using a white spinnerbait. The wind suddenly picked up and probably was about 20mph! The fish disappeared. I tried fishing deep with jigs but couldn't. I wonder where they went and how to catch them?

Hey Kevin,

 

Can you give us some more information about the lake? Such as its size, the lay of the lake, type of cover, water clarity, etc. With a little more information, we can hopefully make a few stabs at it.

 

Thank You,

Justin Mott

Hey Kevin,

 

Can you give us some more information about the lake? Such as its size, the lay of the lake, type of cover, water clarity, etc. With a little more information, we can hopefully make a few stabs at it.

 

Thank You,

Justin Mott

Here are some pics and it is a pond not a lake. Out side temp was maybe 55 and the water was brown.

That doesn't look like a bad little pond. It looks fairly shallow too which I like. They probably didn't go anywhere. Their mood definitely changed or you caught the aggressive ones fairly quick. I've fished a number of ponds where I beat their heads in right off the bat but had to change up to more finesse type techniques after an hour.

 

That wind might be a pain to deal with. But if you want to continue to catch them, you are probably gonna have to pain yourself with it. So I'm gonna sound crazy for a second and tell you to fish a weightless worm after the blade. Use the wind to help you cast and keep your rod low. I'm convinced that those fish are still feeding but are a little gun shy of that blade. The trick worm is a great adjustment for early fish. The wind should only help your bite. Bass like to feed up when they are aggressive and its windy conditions.

 

After you have caught a few more, you will have caught the majority of the active fish in that pond and probably need to move toward a small senko or finesse worm. Once again, keep your rod low so that the wind doesn't affect it. Pop the rod tip to move the bait or just turn the reel handle a half turn. count to 5 and do it again. If you are wondering about feeling a bite, you will still feel them fine. When they want to eat it, they will give you plenty of time to figure out they are there and hit them hard.

 

If fishing with light weight in the wind is too much trouble on you, I would grab a small squarebill and chunk it til I was sick in the face. lol That's where my mind is running and I feel pretty solid about that advice but of course we never know until we give it a go. If you get a chance to give it a run, let me know how it goes.

 

Good Luck Kevin,

Justin Mott

Those cows in the background look pretty sketchy, maybe they had something to do with the bite disappearing.  Hopefully they didn't have anything to do with the sudden wind   

That doesn't look like a bad little pond. It looks fairly shallow too which I like. They probably didn't go anywhere. Their mood definitely changed or you caught the aggressive ones fairly quick. I've fished a number of ponds where I beat their heads in right off the bat but had to change up to more finesse type techniques after an hour.

 

That wind might be a pain to deal with. But if you want to continue to catch them, you are probably gonna have to pain yourself with it. So I'm gonna sound crazy for a second and tell you to fish a weightless worm after the blade. Use the wind to help you cast and keep your rod low. I'm convinced that those fish are still feeding but are a little gun shy of that blade. The trick worm is a great adjustment for early fish. The wind should only help your bite. Bass like to feed up when they are aggressive and its windy conditions.

 

After you have caught a few more, you will have caught the majority of the active fish in that pond and probably need to move toward a small senko or finesse worm. Once again, keep your rod low so that the wind doesn't affect it. Pop the rod tip to move the bait or just turn the reel handle a half turn. count to 5 and do it again. If you are wondering about feeling a bite, you will still feel them fine. When they want to eat it, they will give you plenty of time to figure out they are there and hit them hard.

 

If fishing with light weight in the wind is too much trouble on you, I would grab a small squarebill and chunk it til I was sick in the face. lol That's where my mind is running and I feel pretty solid about that advice but of course we never know until we give it a go. If you get a chance to give it a run, let me know how it goes.

 

Good Luck Kevin,

Justin Mott

Actually, the pond is about ten feet deep in the middle and there is one spot where it goes down to twelve.