Do you guys think I'll still find success if I use a texas rigged craw in a pond that doesn't have crawfish? Or, what other soft plastics do you recommend for texas rigs that can work in generally any body of water? I really want to get better at fishing them, so any tips or advice is appreciated!

If ya don't tell em they want know there's none! ?

Honestly I dont think it matters. There's no senkos living in my reservoir either but they get bit.

 

On a side note I fish a reservoir regularly, I've never seen a crawfish and I've looked extensively. The other day I have a jig fish that had pincers sticking out of its throat. You never know!

A ribbon tail worm will usually work when all else fails.

I was growing craws at the lake which I thought there was none for a long time. 

Until one day last year,  saw that there was one in the bass's mouth that spit it up. 

 

So, Just throw the craws! 

 

It will work . 

Bass will stalk and kill anything they perceive as a potential meal....natural forage or not.  My cats attacking paper wads kind of reminds me of this.

There are probably craws there. I fished a lake down here and didn't see a craw for 30 years until I saw a claw protruding from a bass's "posterior". Come to think of it, I don't see craws anywhere I fish. I use craws everywhere I fish and bass bite 'em. For that matter, I don't see worms swimming anywhere either.

rage Craws work in farm ponds I fish that have no craws also jigs with a craw trailer work.

I fish an area where bass will have fiddler crabs sticking out there mouth but catch em on frogs. Fish just plain eat

2 hours ago, Burros said:

rage Craws work in farm ponds I fish that have no craws also jigs with a craw trailer work.

One of my favorite baits is a craw on a plain weedless Arky head. it flat out gets bites and the bait lasts a lot longer than it will on a T rig.

To bass if it moves it's alive and possible prey.

How do know there isn't crayfish in this pond? It would be rare as crawdads are a native species nearly everywhere.

Tom

Bass that have never seen a craw will strike a bait that looks like a craw just because it looks like food. 

 

Never mind that “match the hatch “ nonsense.

Oh man, I just realized I've been fishing a spinnerbait in lakes with no spinnerbaits. Should I stock some 1/8 oz ones and hope most survive to 1/2 oz?...

It should work. I think bass will strike a craw anytime.

An old fly guy once said, "for Bass just put some dangle crap on a hook."  You just have to figure out size, depth, speed and color.  I don't believe shape matters.

Bass are opportunistic feeders. They will eat / attack just about anything that moves, and that looks alive. This is why there are lures that literally look like nothing but still get bit.