I fish a really small pond in southern New York with a water temp of 50 degrees now. I was fishing this morning in clear skies and air temp of 60 degrees but couldn't catch a thing! I fished mostly lipless cranks and senkos. Do you think they are in the deepest part of the pond now?

are you fishing from a boat? how deep is it? is it one of those circular ponds or one with points and cuts? what do you think they're feedin on? sorry to answer a question with questions. its like math equations, you gotta know the givens to solve them.

white spinnerbait is my november lure

down here in virginia, weathers about the same.  I have found slower retrieves = more fish.  It seems to be spinners have to be retrieved to fast to get em spinning. I have been using crankbait 3-4 feet down seems to work ok.  My buddy's fish finder tells him all the fish are 6- 8 feet down.

are you fishing from a boat? how deep is it? is it one of those circular ponds or one with points and cuts? what do you think they're feedin on? sorry to answer a question with questions. its like math equations, you gotta know the givens to solve them.

Im fishing from the bank, about 3 feet deep at most, and it's a pond with subtle points and cuts. Feeding on very small forage like minnows.

bartoopuck, that is the depth I have been catching the most recently and on channel drops. Slow is the way to go especially after the two rainy periods we have had. Slow horizonal and vertical.

yep...i hate to be typical but try the weightless senko fished extremely slow all he way around the pond. also a pearl fluke jr weightless. cast, let it fall, give it a few twitches bringing it back to surface, letting it fall again repeat al the way back to you. if its no more than 3 ft all the way around i'd try some topwater. you sure bass are in there?

Why is this in the other fish species?

If it is only 3' deep I would do a senko. Slow. And when you think you are going slow, slow down some more

If the water is clear enough, try a suspending jerkbait.  Pointer 78, try to vary your retrieve. 

Have you tried casting a drop shot rig yet? Drop shotting a small, 4" worm jiggled about 1' above the bottom, in one spot, could produce big dividends! Other than that, try slow crawling a 4" Senko along the bottom. Be thorough and pick apart any brush piles, rocks or humps you can reach. Good Luck!