You have a 47 foot deep pond?lol.But if their teeth are worn down a bit like not spiky and their lips are red,usualy that means theyve been eating crawdads

not necessarily. bass don't chew on their food, they swallow things whole. 

This is an interesting subject. I have never really took notice to the color of that area when I catch fish. I did notice the other day while watching Bill Dance though, that all the fish he caught during that episode had a red upper lip. He was fishing in 42 degree waters.

I looked through some of my photos and none of my fish ever had (that I had a picture of) the red upper lip. Even the ones that were caught right before the water got hard. Guess we need to start studying bass and come up with an answer

Paul, i caught a dink the other day in 90+ degree waters (surface temp), and by dink i mean MAYBE 9 inches. Anyways, of all the other fish i caught that day, this was the only one with red lips. What's interesting was it wasn't just red but bloody. i could literally wipe my thumb over his top lip and have blood on my thumb. and no, it wasn't from having a hook in his mouth cause i hooked him through the thinnest of tissue on the side of his mouth. What do you make of that? what theories does this debunk? if at all? it definitely occurs in the south

Ya got me. That's a new one. Did he fight 'til your arm was tired?  ;D I'll file that one away and just keep watching.

Paul, i caught a dink the other day in 90+ degree waters (surface temp), and by dink i mean MAYBE 9 inches. Anyways, of all the other fish i caught that day, this was the only one with red lips. What's interesting was it wasn't just red but bloody. i could literally wipe my thumb over his top lip and have blood on my thumb. and no, it wasn't from having a hook in his mouth cause i hooked him through the thinnest of tissue on the side of his mouth. What do you make of that? what theories does this debunk? if at all? it definitely occurs in the south

Ya got me. That's a new one. Did he fight 'til your arm was tired? ;D I'll file that one away and just keep watching.

not really a match for a 7'6" Heavy. quite effortless.