The pond I fish in has been great. The bait fish have moved up and the bass followed. Caught 15 in about 5 hours of fishing over the last 3 days, all between 1 to 2.2 lbs. Catching everything on a Yum 3 inch wooly beaver tail in watermelon. Trying larger lures to catch the bigger fish, any ideas?

Larger cranks perhaps.

how's the winter bite so far?

I live about ten minutes from West Chester and I can't catch a thing.

I only shore fish and it seems that most of the fish have gone really deep.

The fish I have caught have been on small jigs and small spinnerbaits. I have been using a black and blue jig with a Chigger Craw trailer and all white spinnerbaits.

Where do you fish if you don't mind me asking? Just curious if they are neighborhood ponds or what.

I have not really fished since just before Thanksgiving. But I would think unless the air temp warmed up the fish will stay deep. As for where I fish, your correct it is the retention ponds in and around my neighborhood. I can say that I've seen plenty of people fishing around the Mulhouser (SP?) barn. But again, very little activity due to the depth the fish.