Spro Bronze-eye

[vagabond]

As I'm trying to learn more about bass fishing, I keep fishing new ponds and small lakes that are close by. Anyway, today I found this disgusting little pond about 5 acres with 3/4 of it covered in leaves. Not lilly pads but I'm not sure what they are.

I almost don't want to bother fishing it but then I see and hear splashes in the leaves so I go back to the truck and get a Bronze eye and tie it on. Second cast into the junk on top and the frog gets CRUSHED hard....but I don't hook up. Four more times I get hit but no hook ups.

I scoured this forum and read that it helps to bend the hooks up a little. I'll try that.

Is there any other tips? Do you let them take it before trying to set the hook like with plastics? If they miss, are they triggered to come back by anything...twitching, hopping, motionless...?

Also, initally I was getting bites but after a short time they pretty much stopped. I thought it was maybe becasue I was getting anxious and retreiving quicker than I first was. I tried slowing down, speeding up, hopping it...it just stopped completely. Is there a certain technique that is better than the others?

Aaron