Bass fishing in a drought

[Dottonedan]

I have a pond about 50 feet out my door and we've had a drought for months. They haven't officially called it a drought, but our pond had gone down by 5 feet. The fires will start any day now. In this pic, the water is usually up where the bush line begins. Where I'm standing is usually about 4 ft of water at the least.

The up side is that it makes catching bass pretty easy. I caught 5 of these in 30 min. and 3 more got off the hook. The biggest one is only about 7lb. in it. This gut is prob. 4lb.

[screenxpress]

You make me sick.

Actually you make me jealous. 

Awesome situation to have.  Even with low water level.  My son would have been out there every day.  Catching and releasing.

p.s.  I think it's drought. 

[Donnie]

Whatcha catch em on?

[Dottonedan]

You make me sick.

Actually you make me jealous. 

Awesome situation to have.  Even with low water level.  My son would have been out there every day.  Catching and releasing.

p.s.  I think it's drought.

@ScreenXpress

No Prob.  Thanks.  I thought I spelt it right and then checked before posting, ....then you posted that. Making me think, am I not reading it right? Is my dislexia getting that bad?  Ha I think I did spell it right, or am I missing something?  LOL.  I don't think I edited it.  Anyways, no  matter. It's not like I've never miss spelt something. Thanks.

@ Donnie, The red one.
http://www.gandermountain.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?pdesc=Booyah-Micro-Pond-Magic-Spinnerbait&i=440909&r=view&aID=504AD6C&cvsfa=2586&cvsfe=2&cvsfhu=343430393039&s_kwcid=goobasecontent_goobasecontent_filler&cID=GSHOP_440909

[mk162]

dan, do you fish many buzz-baits there?

[ebscreen]

Fished a local pond most of yesterday for nada.

I can see all the males guarding the beds.
I wonder where mama went?

[blue moon]

I was at the pond feeding the catfish. Pretty good size for a pond in the back of the house. Right about two feet long. SO while not fishing, I was entertained by fish. Does that count? 

pierre

[screenxpress]

I was at the pond feeding the catfish. Pretty good size for a pond in the back of the house. Right about two feet long. SO while not fishing, I was entertained by fish. Does that count? 

pierre

ANYTHING to do with fishing "counts".

[Dottonedan]

@ScreenXpress,  oops. you were right. I miss spelt it in the title. I see now.

Thanks
Dan

[sportsshoppe]

I have got to slow down, I have a 3 1/2 to 4 ac. pond and have to hire someone to fish and just come by and let me smell the fish on there hands . Plan on going this weekend to set some hooks and trout lines out on the river for flat head or some call yellow cat. It is the ones that the tv shows catch with bare hands. No that is not how we're gonna catch them. Ain't no way I would stick my hands in some the the holes around here to see what is in them!

[mjrprint]

Anyone here catch any snakeheads? I know here in PA if you catch one you are told to put a knife through its head and call the game warden. They are trying to track their migration to other bodies of water. They consider flatheads invasive also here.

[ebscreen]

I have got to slow down, I have a 3 1/2 to 4 ac. pond and have to hire someone to fish and just come by and let me smell the fish on there hands . Plan on going this weekend to set some hooks and trout lines out on the river for flat head or some call yellow cat. It is the ones that the tv shows catch with bare hands. No that is not how we're gonna catch them. Ain't no way I would stick my hands in some the the holes around here to see what is in them!

I would not work if I could not fish. I dream of having my own pond.

[sportsshoppe]

ebscreen, I have found out in the last 16 yrs that having a pond has some work involved in it.... Lot of grass and weed eating to do I feed mine pretty often just bream no catfish unless they got in off bird poop. When feeding I have some nice bass come in for a easy meal and if you catch one of those bream you had better be ready for a big tug if the bass gets ahold of them.... I use to have time to just go and have quite time sitting and relaxing, really need to get back to it lot of good prayer time

[Prosperi-Tees]

Come in off bird poop? huh?

[sportsshoppe]

birds eat fish ( catfish or polly woggs ) and poop in pond and believe it or not if they poop eggs the eggs hatch and waalaa you have poly woggs