This is what I'd consider to be my "home lake". Even though I'd say it's a pond. The area I fish was actually a coal mine that shut down in the 70's. These bodies of water look so odd because they were used for the mining lines etc. So this is basically a large body of water, anywhere from 4-15 ft. The body of water connected to the big channel in the back, that's the deepest part. And it's a steep drop off. It's about 20 ft deep. Then you hit the channels. The channel itself is about 4 ft deep. The West end is about 12 ft deep at the end and is connected to a smaller run off pond. The east end is about 15ft deep for the first half, then about 8 ft deep at the back end. ALL OF IT IS GRASS. Literally. The two large bodies are about 3-5 ft visibility and just beat with sun all day. When summer hits, the grass is so overgrown in spots it creates big circles throughout the entire thing. This also happens in the channels. The small arm off the right large body is all grass as well, it's about 4-6 ft deep. There are trees everywhere and brush piles that the conservation has added over the years. Also has random rock piles.
It's a gold mine for huge bass. I've caught so many big bass in this pond. Some people might know where it is, some might not. It's far enough back it probably only gets fished 5-10 times a month. And 90% of that is bank fishing.
Why can't I catch bass on a spinner back here? It should be spinner heaven! Frogs, chatter, worms, cranks, literally everything works back here. But I've barely caught bass on a spinner. Anyone have any tips or anything to help with that? Maybe I'm accidentally fishing it like another lure and I'm tossing it in the wrong places? Wrong color? Size? Blades? Thanks for letting me rsnt about my super lucky bass factory only 10 minutes away from my house.
Posted by Fragrant-Bear6
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Interesting. I’m assuming you’ve tried different presentations with it reeling it in? What colors have you had luck with out there?
Find the grass edges if possible and start early in the morning around the edges with a small to medium size spinner bait sub surface where the blades are giving off a wake but not breaking the surface take your time and you’ll get a lot of fish on them.