i need some help im trying to find new baits for ponds please anything will help thanks

It completely depends on many factors.  For example, are there tons of weeds and vegatation?  Is it clear water?  Are there frogs on the pond?  If so, what do they look like?  Is the water 35 feet deep in some parts where you're fishing or is it only 6 feet deep?  

Generally I'd say get yourself a pack of Zoom trick worms and Carolina rig them,  or some Senko's, and rig them weightless, and weedless, or whacky.  

When the sun starts going down, I usually have two poles in the water.  One with a Senko or some imitation of a senko, and a top water bait like a nice buzzbait or jitterbug.  

I throw the Senko out there, and let it sit for a few minutes, while casting my buzzbait in the same general area as my worm.  If the bass don't hit my buzz bait after about 7 casts, I put my pole down and pick up the other pole with the worm on it, and slowly twitch and wiggle it through the area where my buzz bait just went through.  It works nicely.  A nice watermellon with black flake senko, or smoke with the flake of your choice should get you some fish.

Todd

 I mainly fish small ponds and lakes here in the mid-south. Use almost any bait in ponds that I would use in a large lake. About the only type that I don't use much is diving crank baits and it's not that they don't work, they do. Fishing from the bank, if you get hung-up good, you'll probably lose the bait. Gets expensive if done very often ;D! Having said all that, I mainly use soft plastics T-rigged, jig'n'pig and top water. Not very specific but hope it helps...

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I fish in about a 12 acre pond with murky water and about 25 feet deep max. I am also looking for some good baits to use. Now I manly only use worms t-rig. I could use a change.

Iv been having some luck on the Mann's Hard Nose Lizards. Red seems to be doing the best, but all colors have been working. I fish them weightless. Give 'em a try

Also been doin real good on the Rebel Craw Dad.

Of course, Senko's and rooster tails do great in ponds as well.

Good Luck.

I have mostly use a motoroil and chartreuse zoom u tale worm 6 inches.   I have caught mamy many nice fish.   I have been tryin other lures to see what else works and i have used rooster tails and a 3 bladed booyah spinnerbait  (gold blades and chartreuse with a couple white strands in it)   that has also worked well

I've got a nice pond I can fish on a few times a year.  I just went a while back and I caught about 12 bass that day all on the same buzzbait.  I didn't get a bite from any other buzzbait in a different color, a senko, etc.  I did catch one on a Rat-l-trap but that's only because the bait hit the bass in the head as it hit the water.  Lucky cast!  As soon as it hit within 2 seconds I had a small one.

I'm going back in a few weeks and I am going to try to slow down a bit.  I tried some plastics but I didn't get a bite.  I didn't have a fish finder so I couldn't see the depths, structure, find fish, etc.  I'm pretty much site fishing based on insinct.

They didn't hit the senko that day but they sure liked that white buzzbait.  The one in my avatar was the biggest that day.  He was about 5lbs. and I know there are larger fish in that pond.  Can't wait to go back!

I fish a small pond that is only about 8 ft deep. The only time that i have had success now in the summer is with a fairly large spinnerbait by mann's. It is white orange and chartreuse, with two colorado blades. Now though the fish are not hitting it as well so i am going to change up the colors and see what happens.  

Try Fat Ikas and 10inch worms.

As Bass_Akwards stated, it really depends on the conditions.  Generaly topwaters and softplastics work well for me.

Things to avoid while fishing a pond from the bank would be drop shotting, and deap crankbaits.  Other than that, most everything will work under the right conditions.

southbassfisher:

  You might want to try bouncing a shallow crankbait around any hard cover and see what happens. Good luck!

Like every one said it really depends on alot of things.

I have two ponds that I fish regularly. My best luck has been on Trick worms, Baby brush hogs, and a Heddon Tiny Torpedo.

More important than all that is that you realize a pond is a small, closed body of water. You'll be fishing for the same fish day after day. If you were catching them on one thing it doesn't mean you'll catch them on the same thing the next time. They get 'used' to a certain bait fairly quick.

Learn to change you style and you'll catch fish. Sometimes it can be as simple as retrieving your lure in a wierd way that they're not used to. Other times you'll have to throw something they have never ever seen.

Also some times just give them a break. I've come back from a two-week trip and caught a bunch just because they hadn't had any fishing pressure for a while.

Something i want to add to what i said earlier, is that if the pond has any moss cover or thick growth, like the one i have been fishing lately, you might want to rig a watermelon/ black flake senko weedless and just work it a lot like a jerkbait over the top of moss and through pockets. It works GREAT for me!!!