hey ive fished all my life, but i just now got serious about it. i live on the georgia tennessee line. i fish in these two retaining ponds behind a local store. there are some bass brim bluegill and a few gar. what can i use in the ponds that are not real deep to catch the biger fish?

Texas rig plastics work well in the pond below my house. I normally use 3-6 inch worms and creature baits with good success.

an article on baits...

http://bassresource.com/fishing/spinnerbait_topwater_crankbait.html

another on confidence baits

http://bassresource.com/fishing/best_lure.html

and I got this here...

http://bassresource.com/fishing/features.html#lures