Crappie?

[Kawabuggy]

I went fishing at a new pond this weekend-no, not the one at the golf course!

I kept getting bites on my 4" Tiki Stick, but could not hook into whatever was biting. I was finally able to set the hook and real in a fish.. This fish could best be described as a bream like body, with a bass like mouth-only a little smaller than an actual LMB.

After i caught that one fish, I continued to get what felt like violent bites with each cast, but never did the line pick up and move. Just very hard "taps", and then nothing. I believe I found a pond loaded with Crappie. I thought about switching to smaller tackle just to see if I could land a few, but did not have any hooks smaller than 2/0 with me.

I kid you not every cast my plastic bait was getting torn up! The one fish I caught was just under a pound, and he hit the Tiki stick as soon as it hit the water. There are Bream in this pond as well as I was throwing out bread to attract them. Since there are Bream, and Crappie, there should be bass as well correct? There are also carp in this pond. I could see small schools of them moving in unison suctioning the surface of the pond.

My guess is I could have easily landed a load of fish had I been using a smaller hook, or a small jig head with a grub of some type. But I was really after bass. Since my bait could not sit still on the bottom without being attacked by the small fish, I don't think I had a chance of catching a bass.