Where do you fish for bass when there's no cover?

Question

There's this pond by my house,it's about 8-10 acres,with half the shoreline accessible for shore fishing.I don't have a boat so that's not an option.An older gentleman told me he knows there's bass in the lake because his kids have caught some but didn't know what part they were fishing at.The entire shoreline looks the same except the half with trees/cattails that you can't get to.There are no overhanging trees that you can get near and it's too far across to fish at the ones that are there.The land is flat all around the pond and the water is too murky to see any weeds or any steep drop offs.

So my question is what should I use with what techniques and how should I go about finding where they hang out?

Answer 1

cut up some minnows in thirds throw some i and use the rest for bait. I've gotten keeper large mouth in murky rocky areas with this, it is also a good way to catfish.

Answer 2

I would fish from anywhere on the bank you can get to and cast out my favorite pond lure, the Chatterfrog in Emerald color. You can reel it in fast for some great surface action back to you, or you can let it sink a bit, and again reel it back to you for a mid level bite.

Going for the bottom, I love using Texas rigged 6" worms to bounce and drag slowly, as well as 3/8ths ounce MegaStrike Evolution jigs in any color, with a YUM Craw Papi or Strike King Rage Tail Chunk in a matching color. Green jig+Green pumpkin trailer/ Halloween+Crawdad color...make them match for a complete enticing looking meal. :D

Work the pond from top to bottom from the various locations you can reach. At any time you see shade near vegetation during the day, cast your lures there. The fish need a break from direct sunlight too...

Other than meeting up and fishing the pond with you, that's the best I can do from here. Take a few poles with lures tied on for top, middle, and bottom, so you can change quickly on the fly if one technique isn't working.

Good luck and good fishing!

Answer 3

at night on top

or deep in day

Answer 4

Use the lures you would normally use, the fish still need to eat and are equipped to find food under all conditions.  

Answer 5

The answer is structure. Cover and structure are 2 different things. structure is what the lake has as far as creek channels and or river channels. Underwater ledges, rock piles, old road beds are all structure that bass will relate to . They are ambush predators for the most part and will use these structures to ambush prey. Look at the surroundings and imagine the same things under the lake you are fishing.

Good luck.

Answer 6

Try spinner baits, rattle traps, plastics. You could also use night crawlers on a bobber. Just cast where you can.

Answer 7

Its hard to go wrong with K&E purple and white strip rubber worms.  Also if you can find the flesh colored worms that are about 2in long with the 3 hooks in them, they work killer.  Also a Jitterbug in a frog pattern in the mornings are great for ponds.

Answer 8

use a spinnerbait in yellow/white, yellow/red, red/yellow. good luck.