[johnretired]

This morning I was fishing a Dublin pond with night crawlers. I was catching 4 to 5 inch bass like crazy. Nothing bigger. Was it the bait? Should I start using artificial lures or maybe minnows? I would imagine that if there are lots of small bass in the pond, there are bigger ones.

All advice is more than welcome.

 

[Snyd]

Tie on a swim bait and see what happens or a top water torpedo. If there are some bigger bass in the pond they will hit one or the other.

 

[BottomBouncer]

Use a bass colored crank bait. Your numbers will go way down, but if there are a few bigger fish in there I bet you'd get one or two.

 

[gerb]

sounds like the problem is your bait choice...almost every little thing goes for nightcrawlers....the big girls wont even get a chance to see it before all the little guys are on it.

 

[tpat]

Could the pond have been stocked recently? Sounds like an excess of juveniles. Keep feeding them crawlers though, they'll be fatties in no time.

 

[Deazl666]

How old is the pond?

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[Boostedawdfun]

Use a 1/4" piece of worm on a small hook to catch a small gill then get a bigger hook and toss the gill back out. Nothing going to steal that bait but a big bass or a cat.

 

[Smallmouth Crazy]

I was at a local pond the other day(not fishing) and seen a ton of small bass swimming around, looked like this years hatch actually, never seen anything with remotely any size to it, I know there are bigger bass in this pond so I am not sure what the deal with that is. I would maybe try a medium size spinner bait, caught a few recently on one.

 

[Zorro]

Were you fishing it close to shore line or further out? Were you using any weight? Hook size?

My fiance typically catches more fish, and bigger fish, using a nightcrawler on a 4/0 offset hook with a small split shot on it. She caught a big catfish this way...and a big lm bass this way. Both in a particular pond in dublin.

 

[johnretired]

Thank you for all the replies. I will try the suggestions!

 

[Bubbagon]

Use a 1/4" piece of worm on a small hook to catch a small gill then get a bigger hook and toss the gill back out. Nothing going to steal that bait but a big bass or a cat.

My son has been "catching bass on stuff he caught" for years.
Here's a video of him when he was wee little, doing just that at one of the Dublin ponds.

 

[johnretired]

Sweet!!!!
Thanks for the video

 

[CarpRule]

Toi cute

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[Boostedawdfun]

My son has been "catching bass on stuff he caught" for years.
Here's a video of him when he was wee little, doing just that at one of the Dublin ponds.

Tucker's bass - YouTube

That's awesome!

 

[the-fisherman]

Ahhh!

Building your first tackle box.


1.) Soft tackle boxes are nice and light.

2.) Lures
A.) A couple of Beetle Spins or Road Runners
B.) A bag of plastic worms and Texas rigged hooks
C.) You cannot go wrong with a Strike King crank bait or two
D.) A popper or Tiny Torpedo