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Central/Eastern North Carolina pond at a relative's house, I'm guessing
around 6 acres? (not a good judge of that) Originally created by damning a small creek, so there is a creek bed in there somewhere. Majority of the pond is relatively shallow (maybe 2-4 feet). I have a depth finder but it never occurred to me to bring it for some reason but maybe I will this time. Depth near the damn area is maybe 8 feet or more? There is a healthy supply of bass and bluegill. I have also caught 1 crappie, and supposedly there have been some carp added. The reason for that might have been weed control, can't remember. I have caught bass up to 4 pounds, but I'm told there are much larger ones in there (exaggeration? I don't know). I have had success mainly with surface lures on occasion, spinner baits on occasion, but usually I've been fishing Slug-gos. The main problem with the pond is the mucky weed bottom. I'm not sure what the weed is called, but it's dark, mossy, very fine, smelly, and completely fouls every bait that touches it. That's too bad because I prefer to fish the bottom or bump bottom for bass. e.g. with plastic worms. I have caught a couple on Texas rig plastic worms, but it's an exercise in frustration on the bottom. Free swimming Slug-gos work pretty good, but so far only working on smaller bass, 1-2 pounds. Strategy and tactics appreciated. A row boat is available |
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Have you tried drop shotting from the rowboat ... seems that would work for
getting you down to the weeds without the bait actually getting fouled in the muck and possibly draw some laeger bass from hiding spots in the weeds . if it's a family pond maybe you can find a way to get a tree stump to locate somewhere and create some new cover to be worked later . wrote in message oups.com... Central/Eastern North Carolina pond at a relative's house, I'm guessing around 6 acres? (not a good judge of that) Originally created by damning a small creek, so there is a creek bed in there somewhere. Majority of the pond is relatively shallow (maybe 2-4 feet). I have a depth finder but it never occurred to me to bring it for some reason but maybe I will this time. Depth near the damn area is maybe 8 feet or more? There is a healthy supply of bass and bluegill. I have also caught 1 crappie, and supposedly there have been some carp added. The reason for that might have been weed control, can't remember. I have caught bass up to 4 pounds, but I'm told there are much larger ones in there (exaggeration? I don't know). I have had success mainly with surface lures on occasion, spinner baits on occasion, but usually I've been fishing Slug-gos. The main problem with the pond is the mucky weed bottom. I'm not sure what the weed is called, but it's dark, mossy, very fine, smelly, and completely fouls every bait that touches it. That's too bad because I prefer to fish the bottom or bump bottom for bass. e.g. with plastic worms. I have caught a couple on Texas rig plastic worms, but it's an exercise in frustration on the bottom. Free swimming Slug-gos work pretty good, but so far only working on smaller bass, 1-2 pounds. Strategy and tactics appreciated. A row boat is available |
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"Ed Hughes" wrote in message news:E4w%f.33$Qz.12@fed1read11... Have you tried drop shotting from the rowboat ... Dropshotting? What's that and with what bait? How to know you're near the bottom without touching bottom? Update: pond is actually more like 12 acres, and 15-20 feet at the deepest spot. |
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"jeffc" wrote in message ... "Ed Hughes" wrote in message news:E4w%f.33$Qz.12@fed1read11... Have you tried drop shotting from the rowboat ... Dropshotting? What's that and with what bait? How to know you're near the bottom without touching bottom? Update: pond is actually more like 12 acres, and 15-20 feet at the deepest spot. Jeff, Here's a couple articles that might be able to help you out on dropshotting. http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com/modu... der=0&thold=0 http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com/modu... der=0&thold=0 It can be a deadly tactic when you're dealing with nasty bottoms. It sounds like you have filamentous algae, that yes, that's some real garbage to fish in. -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
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jeffc wrote:
Dropshotting? What's that and with what bait? How to know you're near the bottom without touching bottom? Update: pond is actually more like 12 acres, and 15-20 feet at the deepest spot. http://www.richz.com/fishing/articles/dropshot.html |
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oups.com... Central/Eastern North Carolina pond at a relative's house, I'm guessing around 6 acres? (not a good judge of that) Originally created by damning a small creek, so there is a creek bed in there somewhere. Majority of the pond is relatively shallow (maybe 2-4 feet). I have a depth finder but it never occurred to me to bring it for some reason but maybe I will this time. Depth near the damn area is maybe 8 feet or more? There is a healthy supply of bass and bluegill. I have also caught 1 crappie, and supposedly there have been some carp added. The reason for that might have been weed control, can't remember. I have caught bass up to 4 pounds, but I'm told there are much larger ones in there (exaggeration? I don't know). I have had success mainly with surface lures on occasion, spinner baits on occasion, but usually I've been fishing Slug-gos. The main problem with the pond is the mucky weed bottom. I'm not sure what the weed is called, but it's dark, mossy, very fine, smelly, and completely fouls every bait that touches it. That's too bad because I prefer to fish the bottom or bump bottom for bass. e.g. with plastic worms. I have caught a couple on Texas rig plastic worms, but it's an exercise in frustration on the bottom. Free swimming Slug-gos work pretty good, but so far only working on smaller bass, 1-2 pounds. Strategy and tactics appreciated. A row boat is available How about a large heavy rake and make some channels through the moss to fish. -- Bob La Londe - Webmaster www.YumaBassMan.com Tornament Director www.YumaProAm.com *** Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com *** |
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