Hey guys a recently started fishing a group of ponds and a small lake at a Metro Park by my house. Though the water looks great for bass I didn't have much luck. I know they stock it but its also fished quite often with it being a Metro Park. Question is what kind of baits  have been proven to produce even in waters fished often. I really prefer finese fishing with softbaits, so if you could let me know what really gets them biting I'd appreciate it. Also how you might rig and fish the baits, thanks ahead of time

I would def. suggest using a shakey head. It produces almost all the time. Let me know if you don't know what that is.

What else?!

I dont know what they are haha.  

This might help:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1158577137

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I know of senkos and ikas, but the problem: so does everyone else. Is what I meant this to be is like maybe kreatures or snakes, or maybe even frogs. Just like different types of soft plastics not just the normal worm

Here's what I do on pressured water.  I'm going to assume that the water is lightly stained to clear with various cover and decent depth.

My first choice, right now, is a 3/16oz Big Bites swimbait hook with a Summer Craw colored Rage Tail Craw.  Rigged weedlessly and fished exactly the same as a senko or fat ika, this rig has proved deadly on lakes like I just described.  I fish a bunch of community lakes on post here at Ft. Hood, TX and this rig is very successful.  And the beauty of it is very few people are using it.  Very few.

2nd on the list is a GYCB double tailed Hula Grub or an * * on a 1/4oz, regular no-frills jighead with the hook exposed.  If the cover is heavy, I'll use a fiberguard style jighead of one variety or another, depending on the factors.  I just bounce this dude around on the bottem like a traditional jig or texas rig and watch my line.  Bites tend to be subtle with this rig for some reason, so paying close attention to what is going really helps.  I prefer blacks, browns, or greens with the usual glitter options.

3rd is a split shot, 4inch worm.  I'll experiment with straight and curl tail designs until I find which one will get hit.  Somedays, one is better than the other.  I really like green pumpkin with a bit of chartruse dye like spike it on the tail.  Instead of bouncing this thing all over the place, I let it fall to the bottem and then reel very, very slowly, trying to maintain a shred of bottem contact.

Final choice for finesse fishing, for me, is a shakey head jig.  I use two plastics on this rig.  Either a finesse worm (sizes vary) or a rage tail craw.  Experimentation is the key here.  Usually a 7inch finesse worm (like the zoom trick worm) is a good choice.  Once again Watermelonseed and Green pumpkin are favorite colors of mine.  All I do with this rig is cast it out there and let it sit for a minute.  Bounce it with a few short hops and let it sit again.  If you hit cover such as rocks or brush, lightly shake the jig in place on a semi-tight line.  I prefer 1/4oz jigheads with a scew-lock for this technique.

This is working for me right now:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1180909581

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