I just got permission to fish a private pond that no one fishes except the owner. He only fishes 4 or 5 times a year for brim(he is an older man so he does not fish for Bass). I know for a fact that the pond has brim, some cats, shad, and Bass. The owner has 3 giant Bass mounted, and all three of them are over 12 pounds. The pond is about an acre big, lilly pads, and some other plants that are under water are abundant. Here is my problem, I've fished the pond 7 times and have only caught 2 good fish(2lb range). I work all day, so I normally fish after 5 pm. I just can't seem to find a lure that works good. I've tried, lipless crankbaits, shallow cranks, swimbaits, senkos, and other plastics. I've about thrown everything and can't find a pattern. I've also used spinners baits, some jigs, drop shots, wacky worms, so  I am feeling a little lost..lol... This pond whips me every time. I fish some ponds around that same area and never, I mean never, have I had this problem. When I know I am going to that pond, I feel like I am going to lake sinclair here in GA...lol.. What would you do if you were in this situation??

Try some topwater, especially around dusk, my PB came out of a pond at dusk on a G-splash.

Good luck.

Lilypads= topwater Frogs..

Lilypads= topwater Frogs..

Done that, this is the problem, the lilly pads are so close together that the frog does not or bearly touches the water.

I am casting from the bank, so I am limited. Also, lily pads and other aquatic plants surounds the bank.

Can you flip a jig through the plants..?

one of my personal favorites is a fluke.   also love the buzzbait when the sun is going down.

Fluke or swimming senko.  Put a 3/16 oz. or larger bullet weight on it if you have to.   

Pond is probably way out of whack. Probably a couple of very large fish and a lot of stunted fish to go with it. When the bream get too large for the forage to eat this will happen. Wildlife department needs to evaluate the pond and make suggestions.

Owner is probably not going to like the solutions.

I agree with fishfordollars. An acre is a very small pond to support many DD bass, I'd suspect. With all that you've been throwing, I would also expect that you would have caught several larger bass than you have. If no one else is fishing the lake as you said,   almost any lure/bait should work dramatically, IMO.

Pond is probably way out of whack. Probably a couple of very large fish and a lot of stunted fish to go with it. When the bream get too large for the forage to eat this will happen. Wildlife department needs to evaluate the pond and make suggestions.

Owner is probably not going to like the solutions.

That makes a lot of sense, acouple weeks ago I took my wife fishing to that pond and we caught some huge brim. We maybe caught 2-3 dinks, we caught 20 something brim in maybe an hour of fishing.

Did I miss it or have you tried live bait? Minnows, salamanders/water dogs, crawfish!