Over fished pond with huge bass

[wallywallace]

So aty families new campground there is a huge Pond with nice panfish,channels and a good amount of huge bass along with a ample amount of 1-2lbers. One guy was catching them on worms. He said the bigs ones never bit. I am asumming this is because they have wised up.
There is plenty of weekend warriors that fish everything but I doubt the know how to do it. They get fed everything as well. So my question is what are some good tips. I know wacky is gOnna be away to try. It's crazy to see these big arse bass just swimming arLund and not hitting nothin
On iPod spellin bad

[bamabassman]

if this is a campground and no one harvests the fish, then it may be overpopulated. check into that first. then oyu will know if is managed properly. personally i would use a shaky head, dead stick a worm. or maybe 10"-12" worm. jsut a thought. look at what everyone else is using and try something different.

[keithdog]

Since this pond is so heavily fished, I would want to try fishing it late at night after the pressure is off. A big black jointed Jitterbug and a 1/2 oz. black spinnerbait would be my go to baits.

[oglejust]

hula popper

[Bassboss]

Another vote for the big shaky head. A 6" 7" worm crawled on the bottom could get em. A 6, or 7 inch senko w'll probably stick a few as well. A swimbait might produce, I doubt they see many of those.

[wallywallace]

i doubt it is over populated as they take good care of it, i will have to look up shaky head rigging, from what i have seen the people fish with everything, some off the people dont seem to nothing about fishing and through out huge musky lures, my plan was late evening or crack of dawn

[mrmuskie5]

try night (in the dark) fishing it with a big 1/2 oz+ jig (black/ ?) and a trailer with alot of action. 1st reason why is because big jigs move alot of water. 2nd is because big girls like to dine at night. 3rd the weight will help get the jig down to them before the little guys can get to it. Last but not least keep the bait big so it is less likely that the smaller will eat it.
Good luck man. They will bite... they all bite.

[wallywallace]

thank you to all, i am excited

[bamabassman]

also look intot he drop shot at night or evening or early morning. i haven't used it but it DOES work. seen too many pics to disprove it. good luck and post up some pics for us.

[wallywallace]

i will, need to get some drop shot stuff,

[dave0943]

You may think I'm nuts, but on waters like you've described here, I found a spoon can coax a over fished lake or pond. I like using blue and chrome Cleo's! Lake Fork and Strike King has some larger spoons I've been looking into buying. Just a idea for you. I don't know what it is but spoons have got me bites that plastics, cranks, Spinnerbaits haven't.

Dave

[justbassin4fun]

Here is one my son got at a pressured pond. He snuck up to the pond early in the morning with a floating worm(KVD finnesse new money). Waited for it to break water after a dragon fly and tossed the worm over to the splash area. twitched the worm twice and splash!

Sure was proud telling the story to pops that night. We are guessing 5.5 LBS. Released to be caught again another day!

[Lvitch]

Use big live bait, or large lures no one else is throwing. They do get smart and picky, but a larger bait will keep the bucks off and get the big ones curious.

[wallywallace]

thanx, to all, fishd it twic with some luck, biggest was 2 lbs, got some killer gills on ultralite though

[bamabassman]

good to hear pal. keep at it now ok? there's a bigger one in there.

[wallywallace]

with my luck lately, i should go back, 2-3 is a gold mine at the moment

[gatorhunterfisherman]

I like the lazy worm idea is it off the bank or in a boat

[gatorhunterfisherman]

I say try chatter bait if u r going from sallow to deep and the lazy worm is great if u r going deep to shallow

[wallywallace]

alright i will

[screwballl]

In heavily fished lakes/ponds, I found the bigger/smarter bass tend to stick with a specific type of food.

In a few local lakes, they stick with bluegill. So bluegill colored minnow cranks and swimbaits work well in these areas.

[vafishing]

Pond in my neighborhood is like that. I have found that a horny toad or a ribbit fish right after sunrise or just before sunset will kill the bigger fish.