What the hell is wrong with this pond? Fish and Game Dept. has Baxter Lake (Rochester/Farmington, NH) listed for containing LMB, SMB, ECP, and HP. I've never seen or caught a SMB here. I talk to the immediate locals constantly and have never heard of anyone catching SMB. Fish and Game don't have yellow perch listed here either and there's definately yellow perch. My friend and I both got skunked. I'm very familiar with this lake, I've caught plenty of bass here including some 4 and 5 pounders. I just don't get it. I saw one LMB, maybe 3 to 3.5 pounds slow cruising 3 ft gravely shallows. I threw a T-rigged slugo......... nothing. I threw a spinnerbait far and ran it right by him........ nothing. I threw my Mann's Baby Bass 1 minus far and cruised it right over him......nothing. I threw an X-Rap, a popper, a buzzbait, a rage toad, a buzzbait and he didn't move. I could see him clear as day. Is this pond getting fished out? It seems that the bass population has greatly decreased since when I first started fishing this pond. Any ideas what I can do? Should I call Fish and Game?

When they're cruising you're loosing!!!!

I've never been skunked ..... : :

What conditions and time did you fish?  :-?

Instead of fishing fast and throwing baits that the fish have to attack try throwing baits that they can sit and look at for awhile such as a shakey head worm or a wacky worm.  

I'm not saying that this will work, but I think its worth a shot.  I thought a pond near me was a dead sea but I decided to give it one more shot this year and I've been knocking them dead!  All I needed to do was slow down and fish more methodical (with a shakey head worm and a wacky worm lol).