Totally agree. I caught my PB on a tiny 1/4 oz. Rapala Skitter Pop, and a Senko-type bait never fails. A frog in the pads is the ultimate for me, too.

I have been limited to fishing after 12 Pm here in New Hampshire as of late and have only been bass fishing for three years so I decided to learn a little more and came upon this video first. I had a brand new Chatterbait in my tackle box and decided to give it a go. I am fishing small ponds in the SW area where the Lilly Pads are already starting to thicken but top water frogs are not quite working yet (especially at high noon). Using a Colorado XT single person pontoon rowboat I set out yesterday and tried the Chatterbait and I was pleasantly surprised. Caught several juvies, 8-10 inches, a few 2-3 pounders and one 5-6 pounder. Some smashed the lure as it hit the water and some hit it as I pulled it along weed beds. Thanks for taking the time to record and share your findings. You video is quick and easy to follow with no frills just fishing tips.

I primarily bass fish ponds. That is my bread and butter. One bait I feel like you forgot to mention is a Ned rig craw on a standup jig. This is the #1 bait to use in summer time in ponds. Bass will go out deep, in plant cover to ambush, or around docks. Use a spinning reel for finesse and fish it super slow with little twitches and pops, work it on the bottom.

@831BASSTACTICZ

2 жыл бұрын

That's my go to set up a zman TRD crawZ on a 1/8 or 1/10th zman finesse shrooms stand up hooks on 6 pound mono on a medium light action rod 7 foot rod

@matthewpetto8942

2 жыл бұрын

We don't have craw in SoFla tho which sucks

@corbinjohnson2793

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewpetto8942 we got crawfish in south Florida, they are smaller and greenish color

@matthewpetto8942

2 жыл бұрын

@@corbinjohnson2793 in S. West Florida yes, but there are virtually none on the East Coast.

@corbinjohnson2793

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewpetto8942 I live in west palm and there is tons of um

my all time fav lure for pond bass fishing is the Zera Spook Puppy. Funnest lure I've ever used and has the coolest action I've ever seen. The full sized Zera Spooks are really good too but I usually reserve those for larger lakes

I totally agree... but my favorite for all around lure is a roster tail you can catch just about anything year round on a roster tail. I think they get overlooked by most anglers

@jesseskaggs9480

Жыл бұрын

Does it matter where you go when it comes to rooster tail

@duhzeez7462

11 ай бұрын

Mine is a fluke. If I can't catch on one on a fluke they ain't bitin'.

@mephiozrl6142

10 ай бұрын

you just can’t throw em with a baitcaster

You nailed it. 3 of my favorites on ponds.

GREAT JOB ON THE VIDEO. THANK YOU FOR THE HELPFUL TIPS!!!

Good character and well informed quality info. Definitely deserves a like and follow!

Good Evening BassFishingHQ, I am a devoted watcher of your channel with my son, We have ENJOYED watching your video's along with a TON of insight in landing some of these MONSTERS! LOL! :-) We also fish ponds as well as rivers, your knowledge of this topic is EPIC! THANK YOU for your advice! We will put this to the test in our ponds. :-) I have instilled in my son over 25 years of experience and knowledge that I"ve obtained in such a short period of my life! :-) May "God Bless You and Your Family my Friend, and as Always, "Keep a Tight Line and Never Stop Fishing!" :-) Sincerely, Mr. Carl Joseph Gwizdala, aka DESPERADO.

Wacky rig works 90% of the time in north west Florida. Black and blue!!!

@xavianpage

2 жыл бұрын

My moms friends 5 year old daughter caught a 3.5 pounder on a wacky rig

@christopherjordan8771

2 жыл бұрын

Switch to a Texas rig. I guarantee you'll catch more bass in NW Florida than a wacky rig.

@matthewpetto8942

2 жыл бұрын

Red/black is even better. Mimics baby mudsnake

@neilstevenson7518

2 жыл бұрын

And 60% of the time, it works all the time.

@Gib24

2 жыл бұрын

I swear by the black and blues till I die

Great video TY! Will try a chatterbait more on my pond. Thanks.

Awesome detailed information thank you

I love a spinner bite for several reasons one it's an overall great lure to use and 2 it flashes so it can cover a lot of like a attraction over the whole pond

Great info, thank you!

Thanks for the advice. I'm gonna practice this

This is awesome info thank you !!

thank you for the helpful tips...really hope these tips work for me

I live in Cleveland. Around this time every year, spring bass fishing videos start popping into my feed and I get pumped up for bass fishing. Every year I get disappointed to realize I can’t go spring fishing until May at the earliest 😂

Second time coming around to this video and still learning new things I must have missed before .

Let’s go!!!! New subscriber here! Just getting back into fishing it’s been 10 years for me.. but man feels good to be back!

Love me some pond fishing, I appreciate the advice!

Love this channel!!!

Glad I come across your channel good info big cuz

Great vids!!! Thanks!

I just subscribed to your channel I would love one your hats. But thank you guys for all you do i’m always learning something new when I watch your videos

Great video man.

Match the bait fish I fish ponds and I have found that a 4 inch white shad swimbait with a spinner has caught more fish than anything I have used. Yes I have caught them on just about every bait but that little bait is my go to. A black spinnebait is really good to. Black White Red and Silver are great all round colors.

Nice catch!

I have always been that guy on the bank on his bucket bait fishing lol but my 19 yr old son introduced me to the whole lure thing and I have to say definitely been doing more catchin then fishin lol Awesome tips !!

@nelsongittens

2 жыл бұрын

What is a shadow bait show it

Thanks man!

GREAT VIDEO THANKS

just starting watching, and i subscribed and have been liking a lot of your videos

I like watching you fishing bass fishing videos they are pretty sweet here as you know all about bass

Most small lakes or ponds have that slime weed or wood around. My best bait to use is a zoom Magnum shakey head worm with a 3/0 or 4/0 worm hook. I use light spinning gear with no weights added. I usually catch fish wherever I go. I bury the hook in the worm to make it weedless. I like to use green pumpkin. The slow fall gets them all the time. I also would recommend a zoom lizard rigged the same way. Pumpkin Pepper.

Pretty incredible how universal the senko is. I used to use the wacky but Texas rig proved to be more useful to me with same results. Berkley powerworms deserve a Seat at the table!

What a Sick Pond to grow up on

Depends on geography and structure. I am in S. Tx. I use a 4" to 6" straight worm Texas rigged, no weight. Fish it super slow using a spinning rod. Next is a single large silver blade spinner bait. Cast and retrieve, yo-yo, or like a jig, all those methods can work. Early morning or evening and through the night I use a large Hula Popper. Let it settle. First pop, wait longer than you think. Often, summer fishing turns them off until late into the night. Nothing beats a violent explosion in pitch black dark. Same lure is fantastic for catching bull grogs if you like frog legs.

Awesome video!!! Man I want that hat.

Base on explanation, you really know fishing. Nice

Dude those hats rock really

Southern Ontario Canada here. I've been using rappela's pink wiggle wart. I'm pulling a bass or rainbow out every 3 or 4 casts. Highly recommended the wiggle wart

@mzahra1

10 ай бұрын

You have to share your secret spots! :)

I subbed not only for the sweet bass hat but the pond tips are clutch. Love how you explained why they work and not just hey these work great ! Thanks man

My first comment ever. Love the hat man. I found the channel looking for summer pond fishing tips. I’ve had lot of success in ponds with all these lures. Fish on!

@BassFishingHQ

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching brother

Nice video, exactly what I was looking for. All the vids I see they tell you what to use but don’t fish with it and show you how to use it.

I LOVE walking poppers That's What makes the River2Sea Bubble Walker one of my favorite baits of all time

Id love a great bass hat to wear at the fishing tournaments that I run on the weekends...BTW great video!

I love fishing for bluegills because they are such hard fish to catch but have to find the right pond with them in it

Great video this is gonna really help my selection on lures today 👍

Hay brother thank you for the advice

Love that hat

Just subscribed bout to see what I get in a few when I get off

Thank you for the knowledge, I hit the Subscribe button and I love that hat i'm new to the sport thank you again

Love the hat man, and these lures can depend on water color too, chatterbaits never work out of our stained pond, flukes, Texas rig, or crankbaits or even poppers work great but never had luck with baits that make noise except crankbaits and poppers

Got me with the hat. I'll rock it all day

Great fishing love me one of those hat's.😀

That’s a dope hat 🥸

New sub here!! Love what I see so far!!

That’s a good looking hat!

You should make more of these

Lately I’ve been using yum 5”inches sinkos I’ve caught a lot of bass so far I’ve caught at least 5 fish already I love yums

Where I live a white chatterbait works very well. And if you don't get excited by a top water explosion you might want to see if you have a pulse 😏

New to bass fishing with my grandson. Learning a ton from your videos

Subbed. Great video. 👍

Thanks for the tips! What hook size did you use for the Wacky Senko?

Would love a hat. just subscribed. Love the info. new to bass fishing.

Nice Fishing Pole!

Don't forget finesse lizards I've had pretty good luck using the smaller ones best ones I've used is zoom

Thanks.

Need one of those hats

I subscribed and turned on all notifications and I liked

Goat info

Good video. Pop-R will catch bass any time of day. Any day.

Naa, here's your list for ponds. 1.) For a spinnerbait you need a white or yellow snagless salley. 2.) Virtually any 6 to 8 inch plastic worm in either green pumpkin, junebug, black, or purple depending on water color. 3.) For early morning and late evening top water a 110 size Whopper Plopper. I have made so many friends break down and ask me for a Snagless Salley while fishing a pond together it isn't funny. I have no idea why more people don't know about and use them. Best spinnerbait for shallow water ponds by far. Worms for the weeds and grass. And if you haven't used a Whopper Plopper yet you don't know what you are missing. Best top water plug period. Easy to use with just a steady retrieve. Tail spinning makes a nice gurgling sound and throws a perfect little flit of water with each rotation just like a baitfish fluttering on the surface. I'm telling you if you drag it over a big bass they got to have it. Great big bass lure.

@DoctorSess

Жыл бұрын

Nah here’s your list 1) plastic worm 2) plastic worm 3) plastic worm

@christianamato7082

Жыл бұрын

I personally would pick a zara spook over the whopper plopper. Don't get me wrong a whopper plopper catches fish, but when they won't bite I throw out the zara

@lilbeast11

Жыл бұрын

​@@DoctorSessany recommendations? I only have saltwater ones lol....

@DoctorSess

Жыл бұрын

@@lilbeast11 I use saltwater lures to catch largemouth they don’t know the difference. That Badonka donk I mentioned is a saltwater lure in a mullet pattern but the bass love it too, at least when they’re actually hitting topwater. It’s a “walk the dog” lure which takes some practice and your wrist will get sore after a while but it’s a fun way to catch ‘em for sure. I also like buzzbaits. I throw a lot of spinner baits and swim jigs. Lipless crankbaits in Shad or bluegill patterns. When it slows down I rely on soft plastics. If I had to use one bait for the rest of my life it would either be a Senko worm or a Zoom Fluke rigged weightless. The fluke is nice because it’s versatile. Can fish it off the bottom, use it as a jerk bait, or even swim it across the top.

@Florida_as_Fuck

Жыл бұрын

Dude, I slept on the whopperplopper style baits for a good while. But we recently had a ton of rain down here so all of our emergent vegetation has become submergent and topwater was back on the menu. It took an hour of fishing(if that) for me to gain confidence in 'em. Not a huge fan of just cast and reel but you impart a bit of action and throw pauses in regularly and holy heck, they kill.

Pumpkin seed char Texas rig works everywhere

My 9 yr old son and I could use a good bass hat to go along with your great advice ;)

100% except I prefer a 1/2oz hula popper. I keep these 3 tied on from March to late September. Try a deps basirisky hard belly frog too. Thank me later.

Nice Hat ....

Cool channel man

Best KZreadr in the game!

What type, brand, and size of hook do you recommend for a wacky rig

Pick up a “rooster tail” lure from your local tackle shop. The secret is this; go small. Don’t pick a big one thinking you’ll get bigger fish. I’ve caught everything from 2” bait fish all the way up to 20” Largemouth on the SMALLEST rooster tail size. When it comes to color, I’ve always had the best luck using the bright white color, but I have at least 3 other colors with me at all times just in case. Best of luck out there & tight lines

My best bait I use and caught PB on is a neon spinning bait whith a rattler

I fish old school. I agree with these but my top are, top water frog, spinnerbait, and soft plastic worm

Wow this pond looks perfect. It just screams largemouth

Strike king 1/8 th oz. small spinnerbait for bas or a 1/16th oz. Beetle spin for panfish. Pop-R is great. Chatterbaits are great. Mimic Minnows are great. Rebel crawfish are great. Good old jig and Mister Twister.

Classic Baits

Just seen your channel brother and subbed you straight up my dude!! We been all over some Slab Crappie in Morgantown WV aera. Also some early Small mouth have been hitting some. My brother and I ran across just by a fluke, 3 different 60 to 70 yr old coal mine lakes last yr about 5 or 6 acres each. But.... they are all about 35ft deep @ the Dam wall. These 3 lakes probably haven't been fished In 20+ yrs. 🤯😎. Last season we both caught @ least 6 or 7 Smallies 7+lbs !! I don't B.S. about my Bass fishing brother, and on my Good Word, there's several State Record Smallmouth living in these lakes!!! And a 99.9% chance a State record Crappie also resides there. They are the Greenest/Clearest little lakes I have ever seen bro. And I've seen a few in my 50yrs. I will keep ya informed. Right about the 1st to mid May. Pre spawn time, we gonna bring in some double digit Smallmouth!! WV. State record S.M. is 9lb5oz and 25in. Crappie is 4lb and 19in. I promise you brother. I seen a couple Smallies last year that were 27/28in easy. The 7 pounders we caught were 23ish. And I had 1 one that would have ate the others we caught. I fought her for 15 or 20mins and she finally snapped me off. I was only using 8lb Triline XL Mono. Paps taking 35lb braid this yr. I truly believe that fish was 11 or 12 lbs. 27+in. It literally looked like 2 damn footballs long and thick !! Thing is there are several that size within these 3 lakes. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity. We are blessed to have the chance at maybe a couple state records 🙏 Keep up the Gr8 content brother!!

@aaronmccabe5787

2 жыл бұрын

Let’s go Mountaineers!

I need a hat asap Tyler

Really been falling in love with top water hits. Bass just smash on top water and it's the best thing ever when it happens.

I like you bass hat and you make fishing seem so Easy how do you know when to hook it hard

Just subscribed

so the one thing you forgot to mention was your setup style . do you prefure mono or Braid 30pd. 20pd. floro carbon ? and 6'6 rod or a 7" rod ??

Favorite colors for Senkos?

Pop-R is my fave

I just subscribed and liked the video

Down here in SoFla Pop-R's are GREAT lures, also definitely vary your retrieve between popping and spitting. Walking it isn't very effective as that's not really what it's intended for. It is a "plug" not a jerkbait/slashbait

Hey buddy I was watching your video n the sou d cut out...right when you started talking about the senior

I subscribed for the hat. Dont let me down, hahaha

watching from Guyana SA

Blue Fox vibrax#3 and 4 or Mepps #3 and 4 work great here in Michigan for pond bass.

@michiganoutdoorsman9865

Жыл бұрын

That’s what i use as well.