Pond fishermen-biggest bass..what lure?
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Lindsborg Kansas USA
Posts: 61
Pond fishermen-biggest bass..what lure?
Hey, seems like its been forever since I' ve been on huntingnet, but I have a question for you fishermen who fish mostly ponds...of the biggest bass you' ve caught out of a freshwater pond, what lure(s) did you use? Once it warms up here again I' d like to go and try to catch the lunker out of our pond instead of all the tiny bass I hooked last year. Thanks,
Jason
Jason
#2
RE: Pond fishermen-biggest bass..what lure?
hmm i fish farm ponds alot...my most succsesful lure is usually a popper...a rapala skitter pop or whatever its call i cant even remember..its the smallest one in the brown frog pattern...and the other was a rebel ...not a big one just a small one...looked like a bass i think...it was a killer...for like 3 bucks it caught me way more than my fair share of bass..next to that walmart sells/sold tiny strikeking spinner baits...the big ones NEVER worked for me..i bought a few little ones and KILLED them...i think the were under 2 bucks a piece....nice thing is you dont get bored with any of these lures because small ones can still hit them...i had fun with them......gota restock now that i think about it.....nothing beats a summer day working a popper about a log pile in a farm pond....
#3
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 9,175
RE: Pond fishermen-biggest bass..what lure?
The biggest pond bass I ever caught was a 9 pounder on a #10 popping bug. I was flyfishing for bluegills with a 7' 5 wt rod, and using a 9" piece of 6# Trilene for a leader. Talk about FUN!
I' ve also caught some whoppers on small Hula Poppers and Rapala minnows and 4" worms on a split shot rig. The pond bass in my neck of the woods seem to like black best. Light line, too. Whenever I go to heavier line than 8# test, I hardly ever get bit.
I' ve also caught some whoppers on small Hula Poppers and Rapala minnows and 4" worms on a split shot rig. The pond bass in my neck of the woods seem to like black best. Light line, too. Whenever I go to heavier line than 8# test, I hardly ever get bit.
#7
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Maine
Posts: 10
RE: Pond fishermen-biggest bass..what lure?
My biggest bass were taken on either a popper or a jitter bug.The jitter bug seems to work best in the late nite or early morning.Poppers,torpedoes and deerhair bugs work good most of the day,for me overcast days being the best.
#9
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Carrollton GA USA
Posts: 135
RE: Pond fishermen-biggest bass..what lure?
last year I caught a 9lb 4oz bass by deadsticking a texas rigged berkley powerbait a black with a blue tail I was using 20lb fireline. I caught it my first trip out last year. Talk about hard to top. I also caught a few 5 pounders last year at different places. I caught them later in the summer on a powerbait tournament strength electric green six inch work with eight pound line. I was floating it on top slowly with no weight. I hope I can have half as good a year this year on ponds as I did last year.