I've been catching bass in my pond's Potamogeton, a kind of pond weed. It looks like this and I cast into the openings: There are big bass in it. Here's one the Kid caught: I've been using a chunky 7" Deps Sakamata with a 5/0 hook: Prior to using the Dep's Sakamata, I was using T-rigged worms, but those stopped working suddenly. Any suggestions on other big, slowly falling lures? That seems to be what they want.

For throwing weightless I always try (in addition to the fluke and trick worm and senko) mag speed craw, mag speed worm, the heavy poop baits (pick your favorite). My experience has been that with weightless plastics - where in the column it is and how fast it’s moving and what it’s doing matter a lot. It could be that they are digging the slice and dice or a minnow ish thing right now so might just be worth throwing various weightless minnow baits for a while and mainly trying different sizes. Another fun rig is the donkey rig which allows you to fish two minnows at once and looks amazing in the water - surely you could adapt it to fishing a pair of any soft plastics and even could mix and match profiles to figure out stuff faster. The mag speed worm and craw both have the added bonus of fishing like a whopper plopper/buzzbait and they catch well on the surface in addition to swimming mid column through reeds and grass and wood and also crawling along the bottom for bites. Caught many giants on both. Both fish weightless extremely well. Also worth a shot are large straight tail worms like the manns jelly worm (8-12”) and the Zoom Mag Trick worm - both of which tend to get bigger than average bites and have unique action in the water weightless.

Lure suggestions, please.

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Thanks, guys, for all the suggestions. Your generosity has given me way more options than I can use, but I have seven rods rigged in the back of my car with several new-to-me lures. I'll soon see what works!

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7 hours ago7 hr

Good Luck!

Getting around for my retirement league fishing this morning.

Will look forward to seeing the results! Stay Hydrated!!

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Thanks, Dooger! I caught 21 and every bass was on weightless soft plastic. It didn't seem to matter what I tossed (fluke, craw, worm, frog) as long as it was weightless. I did try some weighted lures, but nada. I'll post a trip report in the Latest Catch Pics Thread.

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