Largemouth Bass'n Help

[jeffg]

Question for you bass'n guys out there.
With this cold front that just came thru, how would you fish a 60 acre pond?
What water depth would you fish?
Type of flies?
Methods?
Etc...
Being kinda new to the bass'n thing, I have heard cold fronts can mess up things. And are the b****pretty much done spawning down here this time of year? Are they holding off the beds? etc..
Any largemouth bass'n help would be appreciated.

[Kent]

Jeff-
I'm a little south of you, but most of b****are off beds here. Re cold front, who the heck knows - sometimes it does. But I'm going this afternoon & first thing I'll do is throw a popper or slider in close to bank - sometimes run-off gets the bait and/or b****looking for terrestials. If they don't want the topwater or aren't there, I'll tie on a clouser and begin to work my way out of the shallows and on out to deeper water, but throwing first to the shallows. The idea here is to cover the water column, using heavier baits, countdown times, and perhaps switching to a sink-tip line as you work your way from shallow to deep.

Good luck -
Kent

[Owl]

Put down that long rod and buy a spinning outfit. Then we'll talk . http://www.georgia-outdoors.com/ubbngto/smile.gif kidding.

some lakes are finished with the spawn, some aren't . A lake that big may not be. Look for circles on the bottom in the shallows. Usually 2 ft. across. They will be white , usually, but it depends on the bottom composition. I'd use some ' worm-like flies or big buggurs. Try to put it in the far side of the bed and wiggle it through. If you see beds but no fish near them , forget it, they're finished and casting at random targets ( stumps , rocks, something different from the rest of the area) should work. As for the front thing.....you better believe it makes a difference. One day fish everywhere and "biting the sticks off the banks", the day after a drastic front , you'll be lucky to get a hit. Esp. if you fish shalow.......now a spinning rod and a little plastic worm jiggled in some deep cover....hmmmmm http://www.georgia-outdoors.com/ubbngto/smile.gif

Owl
Basser at heart....

[Hooker]

Jeff,
This wasn't much of a cold front, and I don't think that it is going to have much impact on the fish. B****are bedding around Atlanta right now, and all the action is shallow. Try big poppers early and late, and like Kent said, clousers later in the am and early in the pm. If you're spinning, buzzbaits early, than spinner baits or crankbaits, and than jigs. Target shallow coves and points, and be of the mindset, that you're going to catch a fish on every cast. Thinking positively has a big impact on catching. If you see bedding fish, irritate it with a clouser or a plastic crawfish until it finally bites.

Catch a bigun!

Hooker

[Windknot]

Jeff,
I second Kent's advice about starting shallow. Most ponds or small lakes are built around relatively insignificant natural features, and usually have their bottoms scoured by 'dozers to provide earth for the dam. The point is, they are not deep enough to make much difference to the fish, nor do they have lots of underwater structure. Consequently, a shoreline with 2' - 4' of pads or gr****becomes a prime target. Ditto for a blown-over tree. The usual modifiers - access to deeper water, points, and contrasting bottom composition (mud-to-gravel) - apply to any shoreline. Nothing in fishing comes with guarantees, but on small waters I spend some time each day in the shallows in any weather.

Tight lines and smelly bream beds,
Windknot