Lightweight, small swimbait fished slow. Or shallow jerkbait also fished slow
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rip around a small lipless cranked fast, looks pretty shallow
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Small swimbaits and the trout magnet would clap here. Never hurts to leave a worm off the bottom on a little splitshot
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1. Texas Rig
You’re not having to cover a huge area, so I’d start with picking apart the water column to see where they are. You can cover the whole pond floor, even fishing slow, in an hour or two with a Texas Rig. I’d throw a fluke or a curly tail but toss whatever your confidence soft plastic is.
2. Spinner/chatter
If they’re not hugging the bottom, but they’re still in the lower part of the water column, I’d slow roll a spinner or chatterbait. Slow as I can while still keeping the action right. You’ll know in 30 minutes or less if they’re going to hit that or if it’s time to try something else. I have a suspicion it’s too cold for this to work here right now, but worth a shot if you think they’re close to the bottom.
3. Jerkbait
Twitch a weightless fluke slow, or toss a lipped jerkbait. I’d try a Glass Minnow Rapala Husky jerk here.
4. Topwater spook
If all else fails this probably wouldn’t work either, but for the sake of tearing apart the water column, it’s time to try something topwater, and a spook can be run much slower that something like a buzz bait.
5. Secret sauce dink slayer
When nothing else is working and I just need to catch a fish, I tie on a red-hooked 1/8 oz ball jighead and hook on a 3” white YUM grub. Never caught a bass over 4lbs on one of those but I always catch something on it. It’ll catch crappie or bass and I’ve caught bluegill, tilapia, and even channel cats on that as well. It’s my “I’m not going home skunked” last resort and I can’t think of a time it’s failed me.
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Lightweight, small swimbait fished slow. Or shallow jerkbait also fished slow
rip around a small lipless cranked fast, looks pretty shallow
Small swimbaits and the trout magnet would clap here. Never hurts to leave a worm off the bottom on a little splitshot
1. Texas Rig
You’re not having to cover a huge area, so I’d start with picking apart the water column to see where they are. You can cover the whole pond floor, even fishing slow, in an hour or two with a Texas Rig. I’d throw a fluke or a curly tail but toss whatever your confidence soft plastic is.
2. Spinner/chatter
If they’re not hugging the bottom, but they’re still in the lower part of the water column, I’d slow roll a spinner or chatterbait. Slow as I can while still keeping the action right. You’ll know in 30 minutes or less if they’re going to hit that or if it’s time to try something else. I have a suspicion it’s too cold for this to work here right now, but worth a shot if you think they’re close to the bottom.
3. Jerkbait
Twitch a weightless fluke slow, or toss a lipped jerkbait. I’d try a Glass Minnow Rapala Husky jerk here.
4. Topwater spook
If all else fails this probably wouldn’t work either, but for the sake of tearing apart the water column, it’s time to try something topwater, and a spook can be run much slower that something like a buzz bait.
5. Secret sauce dink slayer
When nothing else is working and I just need to catch a fish, I tie on a red-hooked 1/8 oz ball jighead and hook on a 3” white YUM grub. Never caught a bass over 4lbs on one of those but I always catch something on it. It’ll catch crappie or bass and I’ve caught bluegill, tilapia, and even channel cats on that as well. It’s my “I’m not going home skunked” last resort and I can’t think of a time it’s failed me.