Just wanted to ask for any insight you experienced anglers might have on fishing this pond. I've only landed 2 bass after about half a dozen trips here one was my PB, and I've heard there are some nice 4-5 pounders lurking here. 

The pond is Scarlet oak pond in mawah NJ. There's lots of shore access on the south and east sides it's relatively shallow if I remember correctly however on the western side out toward the middle it drops off well over 20 feet.

Water is to my eyes clear with a lot of millfoil wich grows week after week.

I see huge top water explosions in the evening usually out in the middle and I've only gotten hits casting out far from shore using soft plastics.

On the eastern side where it's pretty shallow the weeds make huge mats at the surface where as on the other half they are submereged.

This is my first year bass fishing and I've only landed 6 bass so obviously I have a lot to learn but this website and Youtube have been such a big help. 

Thanks for any advice. 

Finesse. Wacky Rig, Ned Rig if you can get away with it, drop shot. No idea what you've tried. So little info.

If the water is a foot deep or more where the weeds, grass, and/or vegetation cover is, you could try throwing a frog, if you have one.  

In heavy pressure areas I try to give the fish a different look. Go against the grain and use something nobody else is. Try to really pay attention to color and presentation. When it’s extra tough go slow. 

Use a big topwater, like a Whopper Plopper 130.  Make a bunch of commotion.  Most people are afraid to fish extremely aggressively.

 

Double Colorado spinnerbaits work for me on highly pressured lakes.  I think they have fallen out of favor enough that bass haven't seen them much lately.   I use a 4" plastic paddle tail trailer.  Again, lots of commotion with the flashy blade and thump of blades and paddle tail plastic.

 

If all else fails, I try Texas rigged plastics like flukes and senkos.  I use as little weight as possible, especially if fish are busting on the surface.  Sometimes it takes awhile to let the fish tell you how fast to work it.

 

Do you know what the predominant forage is?  It would help everyone with possible answers narrow down some techniques to match what they're eating.

 

If you're shore fishing, try to fish during low light or windy periods, or near obvious shallow structure like fallen trees or rocky/rip-rap banks.

5 hours ago, GReb said:

In heavy pressure areas I try to give the fish a different look. Go against the grain and use something nobody else is. Try to really pay attention to color and presentation. When it’s extra tough go slow. 

Yep, that's really the trick with any pressured waterway.  You know everyone and their buddy is throwing senkos, whopper ploppers and other popular baits right now.  So tie on a Jitterbug or a curly-tailed worm or some other freaky looking soft plastic that you've never seen someone else using before.

Shaky Head on a 1/8 jig head with a Zoom Junebug trick worm on 8 pound fluorocarbon on a medium heavy spinning rig.

 

Cast. Let sit. Jiggle. Lift rod tip to move it a few inches. Let sit. Repeat.