Pond Fishing

[Tearin Up Topwater]

for ponds, ummm Spro Frogs or scum frogs.. Hello?

probably the most versatile lure(besides texas-rigged worm) if we are talking about a moss-filled pond in MO/IL for warm-water, mean, hungry bass, like most of them in ponds around here.

[ness]

for ponds, ummm Spro Frogs or scum frogs.. Hello?

Hello.

Which Spro Frog works best -- the $8 ones or the $11 ones?

[Lancer09]

Hello.

Which Spro Frog works best -- the $8 ones or the $11 ones?

The free ones that someone else left for you hanging conveniently in a tree.

[Seth]

trigged 10" power worm if the pond has a lot of big fish, trigged pumpkin/chartreuse tail lizard, weightless pink zoom trick worm, chartreuse/white 3/8oz double willow spinnerbait and a bullfrog jitterbug are the only baits I need when pond fishing. For the rod/reel/line, I use a 7' M/F spinning setup with 8# fluorocarbon for the trick worm, a 7'2" MH/F casting combo with 15# fluorocarbon for Trigs, and the rest get thrown on a 7' M/F casting combo spooled with 14# mono.

[Lvn2Fish]

My top two lures #1 hildenbrant snagless Sally #2 manns baby one minus

[Flysmallie]

I remember my first snagless sallys. I loved those things.

[Wayne SW/MO]

My experience with ponds is certainly different than that of most apparently? I've fished ponds that were heavy on vegetation, no vegetation, treed, cattails, clear, dirty and probably some I've missed.

I think one needs to think in terms of what is available to the fish and try to stay in that realm. The one common denominator I believe is surface and bank. Most pond fish have some food available near the bank and also on the surface.

I think the hardest to fish are the cereal bowl ponds that are devoid of any structures and the ones with gills in them.

How often they are fished, how long they have been stocked and what other fish were stocked can change the approach.

I think the real question is what do I start with, and then someone will ask, "What time are you going to get there?".

[drew03cmc]

My experience has shown that small spinnerbaits work well along with 3" grubs.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Yup, but lets face it, if an inline spinner won't catch something you might as well go home. I think most ponds have a hog or two and getting them is the real challenge.

[David Unnerstall]

My experience has taught me that weedless design is more important when fishing from a bank. You can't just move the boat or canoe over to where the bait is snagged and get it loose.