So here is my situation: a spot of mine is a trashy pond owned by my town behind our middle school. They stock it with trout every spring and have a kid's fishing derby and stuff like that. Put it this way, fishing at this pond is never good and it is common to not catch anything. I think this is because of the high amount of invasive aquatic plants in the pond, the fact that it is less than 2 feet deep in 1/2 of it (it is only 1 acre), the same flock of geese that lay eggs and raise their goslings ever year at the pond, and the fact that is just below the crest of a hill, and has grass surrounding it and receives lots of runoff of fertilizers and pesticides from the grass. I think all these factors contribute to the fact that it does not have a lot of oxygen in the water, and the runoff is speeding up the eutrophication of the pond as well. I fished topwater there last night and got skunked. I usually can get at least a few bass on topwater there, but my theory is that they have gone to the deeper part of the pond for cooler water and more oxygen. What should I be using to fish the deeper part? or if anyone else has any other tactics i should try out would be appreciated as well. A drawing of the pond is attached.

I would just try some basics such as a Jig/trailer, texas rigged ribbontail worm, and a senko. See if you can work them up with that. Early in the morning and last thing in the evening at my local ponds I can usually do very well on bluegill colored spinnerbaits. Does the pond have any cover in the deeper part? Is it spring fed or stream fed?

 

Ian

I would just try some basics such as a Jig/trailer, texas rigged ribbontail worm, and a senko. See if you can work them up with that. Early in the morning and last thing in the evening at my local ponds I can usually do very well on bluegill colored spinnerbaits. Does the pond have any cover in the deeper part? Is it spring fed or stream fed?

 

Ian

neither man made has a drain for high water when it rains though and im not sure it has a lot of weeds covering the bottom im pretty sure

Carolina rig large worms in the deep water.

How deep is this deep part? If hlaf of its less than 2 ft and its only an acre it cant be very deep, it could but i doubt it..i see this pond also is frozen 6 months out of the year??

Since blanking with top water, I'd jig around the cover with the rock first. Super fluke the entire pond, some weighted some not. Run a crank that looks like the sunfish right down the center and throughout the pond. And then I'd try a shaky head deep with a trick worm or craw trailer. If that doesn't work, TNT j/k lol.

Spinnerbait. .