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the pond i fish is just full of alge right now and  i was wondering how to approach. By the way, the bass weighed 2.7 lbs!24kz1hv.jpg2jdkirs.jpg

I don't know much about the area of the country that you fish, but that pond looks somewhat similar to one that I might find here in Indiana. Based on that, I know how I would fish it based on your picture. My skills are mediocre at best, so what you choose is up to you, but this is my .02

Three things come to mind:

1 Topwaters- maybe frogs, but I am partial to spooks, poppers, jitterbugs, and buzzbaits. With a body of water that small, water that clear and calm, and limited cover around the banks, I imagine that fish are somewhat easily startled. In my experience, less is more with these lures in this setting. I've had more success by working them subtly because overly aggressive splashing can scare the fish away.

2 Texas rigged softplastics and senkos hooked WEEDLESS. These kinda fish themselves

3 Others might disagree with this one, but spinnerbaits are some of my biggest confidence lures. I would tie one on and tick it across the tops of those underwater weeds. At times, I have had more success by adding in pauses and twitches-- just be extra careful not to let it fall too far into the gunk and your hook should stay clean. If you start your retrieve as soon as the lure hits the water, you'll keep it high enough. You might be able to do the same thing with a shallow running crankbait.

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i used a spinner bait to catch that bass

Wow, do you live there???  What a beautiful place.  I would definitely try a soft jerk bait!

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Wow, do you live there???  What a beautiful place.  I would definitely try a soft jerk bait!

I live a couple miles away. Its good old virginy

I live a couple miles away. Its good old virginy

Good ol' Shenandoah Valley too ;) I agree with the soft jerk baits or a weightless t-rigged lizard.

I live a couple miles away. Its good old virginy

When you live in the desert that is called San Diego, you long for something green!!!

Weightless weedless flukes, senko, and a frog.

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Weighless senko or baby brush hog.

Yep, been doing well myself on a pond similar on a 4" watermelon/ no flake w/ 2/0 owner cps this past week!

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Good ol' Shenandoah Valley too ;) I agree with the soft jerk baits or a weightless t-rigged lizard.

you live around here?

you live around here?

I'm from Winchester.

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I'm from Winchester.

Have you been around here or how did you know this was in the shenadoah 

Have you been around here or how did you know this was in the shenadoah 

I saw you were from Staunton on your profile location. Plus I travel up and down the Valley a lot for work. I usually can tell my Valley when I see it.

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I saw you were from Staunton on your profile location. Plus I travel up and down the Valley a lot for work. I usually can tell my Valley when I see it.

where do you work....

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I am struggling in a similar pond right now...choked with weeds, crystal clear, and the fall transition leaves the fish wanting something other than what I whacked them on in the summer. I have landed some on x-raps if the water is deep enough to fish the bait without getting grass on it, and if you can spot patches of bottom without grass, toss a finesse jig and drag it through there. Spinnerbait was working 2 weeks ago, but they quit eating them. Good 'ol weightless trick worm should get them as well...I just hate fishing that rig 

where do you work....

The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley

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The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley

cool

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