what to use for bass in these conditions?

[NaturesRespect]

I have been fishing these multiple ponds in Blaine and around early june and mid july i would catch all my nice bass throwing topwater frogs. A few have been caught with a wacky rig and one has been caught with a T-rig. The ponds are pretty weedy near shore and some areas are heavily weeded this is why i mainly throw frogs, for the past few weeks i have gone a bit but seems like the bite has died. about late july i would land about 3 bass in about 2 hours of fishing in the afternoon with topwater and after that now the bite just died. I was throwing T-rig, wacky rig, topwater today fishing for about 4 hours and nothing! however i did see some fish jump could have been bass or carp or bowfins, theres alot of big carps and bowfin in the ponds. I had only one bite today on a spinnerbait but i lost it, felt pretty big but never saw what kind of fish it was. Well should i keep trying? what should i be throwing?

[LegattoAD]

Where I fish, I've been throwing a weightless T-rig right to the weed edge, both inside and outside. That's been working pretty well for me, but you have to hit it just right. My sweet spot was the intersection of two rows of weeds and right in the corner you could pull them out hand over fist, just let it sink and work it back really slow. And watch that line because you won't feel it until it's too late.

I'm not sure how the ponds you are fishing are constructed, but if they are like the ones over by Blaine High School, then the center is pretty deep (25-35'). If you can get a canoe or kayak in, try running a crank or spinnerbait and see what you come up with, it's been pretty hot out the last few weeks so they may have just gone for cooler waters.

Since the cold front came through? Search, baby, search! My guess is they'll be tight to whatever cover there is so your weeds maybe on again.

[NaturesRespect]

Where I fish, I've been throwing a weightless T-rig right to the weed edge, both inside and outside. That's been working pretty well for me, but you have to hit it just right. My sweet spot was the intersection of two rows of weeds and right in the corner you could pull them out hand over fist, just let it sink and work it back really slow. And watch that line because you won't feel it until it's too late.

I'm not sure how the ponds you are fishing are constructed, but if they are like the ones over by Blaine High School, then the center is pretty deep (25-35'). If you can get a canoe or kayak in, try running a crank or spinnerbait and see what you come up with, it's been pretty hot out the last few weeks so they may have just gone for cooler waters.

Since the cold front came through? Search, baby, search! My guess is they'll be tight to whatever cover there is so your weeds maybe on again.

yes the ponds should be like the ones at the skool sinces its only about a mile away. Do you think a baby sunny swimbait could produce a big bass?

[TR21HP]

If you're talking a Hollow belly swimbait in the sunfish color, yes definitely try it. I've had great luck recently with that.

[NaturesRespect]

If you're talking a Hollow belly swimbait in the sunfish color, yes definitely try it. I've had great luck recently with that.

No i have the castaic hard head soft body simbaits.... never really tried them

[NaturesRespect]

just today I was fishing at the small pond briges pretty hard and only had one bite (missed her) around 7:30pm on a spinnerbait.... It was getting late so i worked my way over to the tunnel were there a current were water flows through and had zero bites on that pond so i swithched to the other side (pond) were the waters being sucked into the tunnel and had zero bites all i can see is schools of small panfish. Well it was about 7:45-8:30 when i first had a bite from something huge but lost it! T-rig tossing and only thing i can come up with is a bass since the only things that would bite a T-rig in the pond is either a sunny or a bass but it was huge if it can splash and swirl away like a carp. I soon lost another 3 bites one might have been small since it tor off my worm... well i made my way to a corner and tossed my T-rig and had a bite! i barley noticed it was so unexpecting but i landed her and she was a nice 2 1/2 pounder the next cast was another bass! I barley notice them on! and soon after i was being attacked by mosquitos and left.

so What does this tell you guys about the bass in the ponds? all i can come up with this is that i got lucky and unlucky and that there is a big bass in there and i keep missing the hookset.

after 3 tries today is finaly the first day i finally caught something there from around 5:00-8:30

does it mean the bass are only biting at night or what?

[LegattoAD]

The way I fish my weightless T-rig is on slack line, I use Fireline so it floats on top of the water. When it twitches and moves even a little, reel in the slack and set the hook. This isn't as effective on windy days, which is when I'd add a weight, but if it is calm it's my favorite.

I find I have the most success with my T-rig approach in the early morning and evenings, as with most other species, I think they are generally a little more active at those times rather than at, say, 2pm. But every body of water is a little different from the next, and with the weather being as unsettled as it has been lately I'd still be willing to bet that they hunker down during the day and go to supper at the same time we do.

As for your swimbait: Give it a shot! It's all about experimenting and trying new things.

[NaturesRespect]

The way I fish my weightless T-rig is on slack line, I use Fireline so it floats on top of the water. When it twitches and moves even a little, reel in the slack and set the hook. This isn't as effective on windy days, which is when I'd add a weight, but if it is calm it's my favorite.

I find I have the most success with my T-rig approach in the early morning and evenings, as with most other species, I think they are generally a little more active at those times rather than at, say, 2pm. But every body of water is a little different from the next, and with the weather being as unsettled as it has been lately I'd still be willing to bet that they hunker down during the day and go to supper at the same time we do.

As for your swimbait: Give it a shot! It's all about experimenting and trying new things.

I love you all! thanks so much for giving me advice and hope! the T-rig worked that one night and just today it worked once (first bite) after that i was feeling sluggish fishing slowly and waiting for a bite so i swithced to a buzzbait i had lying around im like well lets just give it a try, well im glad i did because i caught my last 5 fish on it and thery were all in the 1-3 pound range! the 3 pounder took a nice bite out of my thumb and drew blood, man i dont know what it was that the buzzbait triggered them to bite visciously but im glad it worked, i just tossed the bussbait along the big weed beds underwater and all around and over the weeds and that worked for me.

any other advice or answers you guys can give will be great and possibly an explaination on my great day with the buzzbait will be great

[Craigums]

Yesterday was overcast all day, thats good buzzbait weather

[NaturesRespect]

Yesterday was overcast all day, thats good buzzbait weather

does buzzbaits work whenever? what else works on overcast days and what works on a normal hot sunny day?

the only lures i bring with me when i go to fish the ponds is 2 spinnerbaits 2 buzzbaits a topwater frog some weights, worm hooks, and random worms to T-rig or wacky rig everything else i have just collects weeds and is not suited for fishing ponds

i mostly try to fish no wind days or sometimes just a light breezy day i would go fishing at the pond but if its windy i wont go, as for weather i go on overcast cooler days or a sunny bright scattered clouds or partly cloudy none to little wind days, the humidity i cant tell you what it is all the time except overcast feels cooler and regular sunny days are just like any hot day

[shiltsy]

I've caught 'em with buzzbaits in quite a few different weather, lake and bite situations. They won't work well if it's TOO windy, but they are pretty versatile in my opinion. Even if the majority of the fish are in a less active pattern, you can always find a few aggressive ones!

[thatoneguy]

hey naturesrespect - i'll be at my in-laws in Andover, right in your neck of the woods this weekend. maybe we can fish those ponds a little...email me at kawj at arvig dot net