Went out today to a local pond. It looks like it's in full algae bloom. Tried a 3/16oz texas rigged beaver style bait, spinner bait (kept catching slime even in open areas), top water frog, but the only thing the worked was a weightless senko texas rigged. Caught 3,but it was a grind. Even the weightless senko was full of slime on every cast. 

 

What would you throw in the below environment. Weather has been really hot and humid, not much rain but a large storm is coming soon. 

My boss.

The towel.

I'd probably start looking for a new place to fish.  Algae blooms like that can lead to a massive fish kill scenario, where the algae starves the water of oxygen and all of the bigger fish that need higher concentrations of oxygen die off.  Also, some varieties of algae will release toxins that will kill fish, and can make you sick if you touch it.  So even if it has fish in it now, it might not in a short while.  And catching fish in an oxygen starved environment will stress them and may increase the numbers that die off.  

You picked about the only thing that will work effectively .A weightless worm that is heavy enough to cast on baitcasting equipment . I use a heavy a heavy flipping hook . I have caught a lot of big bass out of stuff like that . Just slowly work it on top , pause at thin spots and twitch it in place . Be ready for a monster explosion . Work it to openings and pause it . There is not much else that will work .

Frogs. Hollow body or a buzzing style like a Horny Toad. A beaver style bait can work well as long as you use a heavy enough sinker to get through the muck. If a 3/16oz isn't cutting it, try something around a 1/2oz. 

A weightless Fat IKA or Neko Macho TR on a 3/0 EWG. 

Add a fluke to the mix of answers above

I used a drop shot rig with a very light weight in a similar scenario and it worked fine.  The small, pencil sinker would still occasionally pick up some slime but the worm is above the sinker so the slime didn't actually matter.

I think the Heddon Moss Boss would work great in that slime.

A weightless texas riged stick bait. I fish these conditions and have over 100 bass this season.

My local crap lake that is basically pond size but listed as a lake … when it’s covered in Thick algae.. a frog has done me most justice. Every area is different . Casting into the pockets or walking the edges of it has been my Luck. Honestly I steer clear of the place anymore but when I go there and those

r the conditions.

Weightless 4" senko, weightless 6" plastic worm, or a 1/8 oz. jig and craw.  I've learned over the years that smaller is easier to work through the slop.