 You need to be fishing ponds differently this winter than you were like during the summer That is super important and that may be where a lot of people are messing up So I was like man, this is a perfect time to harp about this topic real quick So each side of this bank is gonna slightly drop off What's going on guys welcome to another video today, we're gonna be doing some pond fishing. I'm super excited about it I'm hoping to catch some I went from Atlanta to Savannah today, and we're gonna try to catch some bass It's probably gonna be really finicky But I still know if it's gonna be as bad as it was in Atlanta at least the pond fishing in general But it's gonna be fun Maybe we include some bass fishing tips today to help you guys catch some more fish this winter If I have some stuff on my mind that I think we should talk about and that's what I'll do But I have three pools rigged up and I'm gonna be taking those three pools out there Let me go ahead and show you what I've rigged up and what we're gonna experiment with today And see if we can catch some bass on it By the way, if you are subscribed be sure to click that subscribe button if you're new to the channel hit that notification bell Also pepper that like button up if you're enjoying the content and you want to see some more videos Also, if you want to see some more like videos that you have just up in your head be sure to leave a comment below All right So like I said, I have three poles rigged up on this first one I just have an old jig then as always I fish a year round I have an old drop shot on all right and then lastly it'll jerk bait Those are the three baits we're gonna work with today But let me show you the combos that I have these on so the first rod is actually the jig one And I actually just have it on a standard medium heavy when I'm pot hopping doing that whole deal I just throw a jig on a medium heavy. I actually have it on 15-pound seaguar fluorocarbon and visex I'll link all that stuff below, but I have it on a defy black by 13 fishing for the jerk bait I actually have this on a medium fast rod right here And this is obviously the fade black you guys cannot miss this rod the old green one I have it on a concept a and I have it on 10 pound fluorocarbon If you guys are wondering about the jerk bait, that's just an old megabass This is actually a 110 plus one, which I usually want to throw in ponds I'd usually just throw the 110 I'm the plus one goes slightly deeper as you guys can tell it has a little You know bill on the end of it, but that's what I had tied on so that is what we're gonna try today And see if we can catch some fish I'm just gonna have to jerk that thing up if you guys watch my jerk bait video if you haven't I'll click it up on the screen also my jig video. I'll link that one up here as well I was telling you guys about jerking your jerk bait up especially in shallow water So that jerk bait is stay and it's not digging digging into the bottom like that But then I have a fade black right here my little spinning combo And this is a kree gt about 13 fishing and I have it to braid the fluorocarbon leader And I just got an old little robo worm right there And that's just like a little morning dawn color and those are the three rods that we're gonna take out to the pond today All three of these baits we're gonna see what's gonna work best and go from there We're gonna probably start off with like the jerk bait and the jig see what we can get and worst comes the worst The bites get if everything is really tough then we're gonna switch over to this drop shot. So that's the plan. Let's get it Oh man, does that look good? Yeah, that water running right there should be a fish On the edge of that We'll flip this jig right up there got that little twin grub trailer one of them is gone one of the grubs Should be fine. Let's see See if we can catch this one or off the bat God, there he is. Oh He's running with it. What in the world? I must have been a tiny one. Look at this. Are you kidding me? That's fourth bite sitting by it in the same way It's nibbling running off no way. That's a bass There he is That's a bass There we go. That's not a bad one. That is not a bad one at all I'll take him look at that guy. Oh, yeah Get on up here boy. Oh, don't tangle my drop shot now. He is not big But that is the first fish of the day We got the monkey off her back finally after a good bit of fishing is on the old pink robo worm on a drop shot first baby old bass a little thick guy and How do you not mind catching them like that? It's a little bite. That's the only thing. It's super slow. All right, buddy Oh Golly seems hyper There we go. That was our first bass today. It's been super tough. I just want to catch a few now That's all I want. Get us a little video rocking on this little pink robo worm We're gonna rig this back up on this drop shot Just like that. Let's even get another bite. That was a bass bite I could tell when he bit it, you know, he's loaded up on it. It wasn't like when he was taking it But it wasn't like the other ones where there's nibbling. He did nibble it, but it wasn't it wasn't much There he is Another bass there we go, baby Drop shot is getting it done today. That was such a soft bite. That is awesome right there. Look at that bass Such a soft bite another one about nice a little bit smaller Look at that right there in the top of his mouth. Oh, he just barely came off as awesome But the second fish I'm telling you I really don't mind catching the size since of how tough it is today But the drop shot seems to be working the jerk bait and jig was just not working earlier and just slowed down I'm telling you a drop shot any time of year will catch bass. It's such a subtle profile And you know, you can just catch a lot of fish on it if you put it in the right place right in front of a fish But a second fish today, I'm happy to catch that one. Let's see if we can get another one That was pretty quick after the first one. All right, buddy. Let's see if you're hyper, too Hey taking off like the other one gosh guys that was a very soft bite. I mean super soft was not Expecting it like that and says other ones. I don't even know if those were bass or just peppering it And then that first one he actually ticked it, but that one he like ticked it once and just barely suck that thing in Took him a minute after he ticked it to actually eat it They are just so Finicky right now. I don't blame them. It's just pretty pretty chilly outside So we were transition phase or gets, you know, it's going from super hot to super cold like this and this fish Just get really tough to catch. Oh My god, there's a bass right there. He ate it He freaking ate it. You were looking at me two seconds ago. Why'd you eat it? You literally saw me, buddy Thank you for spoiling me even though you're not big That is the third fish today God, that is the smallest bass ever. Look how small he is. I don't even know what he was thinking trying to get that little worm right there Let's see if we can find them stacked out here. See these ponds fish so much different than in the summer So you really got to locate this fish and figure out where they're sitting because in the summer You know, they're pushed up more on the bank, which I'll talk about here in a minute, but It's just so much different in the winter. You really got to Locate, you know where those fish are in the pond because they're not going to be in the same areas as they were in the summer Which I'll talk about that here in a little bit Just to see if I can help you guys next time you go out and fish some banks and or some ponds Maybe to help you locate this fish so you're catching the summer and Really put a herding on them because he's winter bass. I mean some of them can be So fat big old fat winter bass and that is what we're looking for today I just have not had the opportunity to hook into a big one But I'm happy with what we caught so far and how quick we've caught them because it's been pretty tough before this But then again, I haven't thrown the drop shot. Maybe this is what's really helping So this is the worm that I'm actually using if you guys are wondering it's called plumberry It's a six inch straight tail drop shot worm right here It was in the tackle video of my mom where I gave her $50 you guys want to go check that one out I'll pop it up on the screen, but this is what I'm using. It's kind of like a morning dawn color I love a pink worm for a drop shot That is definitely like my favorite if I had to pick like any worm definitely like a pink worm or like a standard Old little green pumpkin with either like red flake or green flakes good as well But I'm telling you if you haven't tried a pink worm on a drop shot you guys need to right now It's really good. So I was actually coming out here to film like just a standard old fishing video Like just a standard winter pond fishing video and it kind of like came to mind that you need to be fishing ponds Definitely this winter than you were like during the summer that is super important And that may be where a lot of people are messing up So I was like man, this is a perfect time to harp about this topic real quick So pretty much in the summer when it's super warm you can pretty much catch those large mouth in these ponds Anywhere whether it's on the bank or there's out there deep in the pond whether your site fishing you can see them On the bank or flipping towards them. You can really catch them in any way and it's it's pretty easy At least pond fishing in the summer seems to be the best for me. I'm obviously the spring spring time is really great as well The fall can be decent But the summertime is when you can really whack them, you know anywhere on the bank out deep in that whole deal Well when it transitions to this winter phase I don't know if you guys saw my last video where I was actually out on Lake Lanier Spooning this fish in around 30 foot to 65 foot of water. That's just because this fish are all deep I kind of if I went and tried to really catch a lot of bass up shallow Right now. It's probably not gonna happen One thing that you can do is if there's a lot of rock on a bank If you guys didn't know or like a boat ramp rock and concrete like that actually heats up So like in the bright Sun of the day like it is right now, you know Some of that rock like during the middle of the day once there's a lot of heat on it Those fish can get up on that stuff, you know hold on to it And you could actually really catch a lot of fish on it I know in the video I did catch some on rock with a jerk bait And it's because you know it's warmed up in that whole deal But the majority of the fish and pretty much all of them came in like a deep ditch or a Transition on the bottom, you know backed by those creeks in that whole deal. We're moving on the pond So in the summer you're throwing up on the bank or catching bass everywhere in that whole deal It seems really simple at least compared to now and not that you're in this winter phase It transitions really hard, you know, it was super super hot and then it got cold really quick This fish are in major shock So what I try to do when I come out here to these ponds is I'm mainly throwing out in the middle now And I'm trying to find obviously I can't tell because I don't have a graph or I'm not on a boat or anything in these ponds But I'm trying to find those little ditches or little drop-offs or transitions where it's a little bit deeper So whether it's in the middle of the pond That's kind of what I'm doing now is you know each side of the banks kind of dropping down And it's kind of like it's like a ditch that's running through pretty much And that's really what I've tried to target this time of year Especially when winter bass fishing because it's so important so important to fish like that And I had a lot of people commenting Noah, you know, I can't catch any fish I feel like all the fish are dead this this and that use this one tip and see if it helps you and then come back on My video and let me know if it helped you catch a lot more fish because I know I promise you if you start casting Wherever is deeper in the pond right now wherever that maximum depth is even though ponds don't really get that deep Majority of the time you should catch some more fish So I would like you guys to go try that leave a comment below if you you have noticed that or you already know that I just thought that's something I should talk about because that is very important I do all these tip videos, but that is something very important to know so target those little drop-offs ditches deep banks in these Ponds to catch more fish. I'm gonna rig up this drop shot worm We're gonna get back out there and try to catch a few more fish. Also, I will show an example I'll bring this camera out and I'll show you the pond and kind of what I'm talking about by like the deeper areas or Like where it next down and you know gets deeper if it's like a little ditch or a little creek channel Whatever it is. I'll show you when I go over this pond So looking at this pond right here pretty much in the summer or late summer early fall There's actually some pipes in the water I was fishing catching them off of in this more of shallow water I was throwing all up around this bank if you watch all my videos at this pond That's really where I was catching them now around this winter time is transitioning the fish are changing I haven't got any really bites over there and it's been kind of more out in the middle So I'm fan-casting trying to figure out, you know, where's the deepest part of this pond and as you can tell it kind of next down So each side of this bank is gonna Slightly drop off. All right, and that bank same as that one's gonna drop off and then in the middle It's gonna be like a flat bottom So it's gonna have that drop off and then a flat bottom and it's kind of like a little ditch That's sitting right down there in the middle So when you're fishing these places like if I came to this pond I'd highly suggest like throwing out here right out here in the middle and then right out here Right down the pipe there's like a little drop off and that's what I'd really focus on when fishing these areas I want to really go down the bank and start throwing right here I'd really focus on, you know, right down the pipe the deepest parts of the pond and That would help you catch a lot more fish when coming to these areas I know it's hard to figure out because the bank and that this this and that whole deal because you can't really see Anything and you're not graphing so focus, you know, we're next down like this on both sides Right there right down the middle Oh, he's already got it. Oh, man Bigger than the first two that was the next cast look at that Maybe we just found some stacked up out there in the middle. Yeah, that's the biggest one yet by far. Look at that thing. Oh Yeah, baby Nice, you're not too much bigger, but I'll take you right there. That is a fourth fish. This fish is spoiling me Hook just came out like the last or that second one. That was the best one I can tell you just a lot heavier But another little baby bass on the old drop was drop shot is killing it right now that finesse approach just whacking them man Ooh, I can tell where something tried to bite them right there or something bought on them There's probably some big dogs in here somewhere. I know I've lost one one time That was a pretty big giant. So maybe we'll hook one But hopefully we found some stacked out there in the middle We're gonna make another cast see if we can get three fish and three cast gosh I'd be crazy with how tough it is. Thank you for biting old Bobby. Oh, man All right cool Cool cool cool number four Oh, what in the world One on there yet still nibbling away. I don't know if you guys can really tell but this is an example You know super dirt shallow on this bank and it just drops off right there Right where it drops off and that side is doing the same thing It's not a shallow over there. It's a steeper drop. So they're more likely to be on that bank But they're both dropping off and your deepest part is gonna be about right here more towards that bank since it's so shallow And it's more like that but you can tell it's just like a deep little hole that goes down right here That is perfect for best to sit up in my god. He's already got it small Baby bass right there as a fifth fish today though and he ate it golly Yeah, he wanted that thing fifth fish. I'm at this little other pond right here that connects to this one That is the first cast in the first fish right there. It's a little baby Usually uh depends, you know, there might be some more in this one Or there might be some more in the other one, you know, they travel So they might be stacked up in this one. You might catch a lot Uh-oh Oh my gosh Are you kidding me? That's about two pounder. Hmm These fishers just treat me dirty today. I'm just glad we're getting bites. I'm happy that we're getting bites For how tough it is. All right, everybody. I'm going to go ahead and sign off this video I hope you guys enjoyed this one and got a few tips out of it I was just thinking we were just going to do standard pond fishing today during the old winter time But uh, I decided, you know, when I was out there fishing I just thought I was like man You know, a lot of people are probably fishing Totally wrong and they're probably wondering why they're not getting bites. I mean, yes, the fishing is tough But to get more bites, especially to catch a bigger bass, that's one thing that I didn't say I mean you can always catch largemouth up on the bank or wherever it is But the bigger ones are going to be out deeper and there's a little drop-offs and there's a little transitions on the bottom That's where they're going to be holding. I mean if you see some cover on the bank Like whether some tree lay downs, whatever it is Still feel free to fish those and if you like have some cover on the bank that you were catching fish on during the summer I mean still try it out. I always do that I'm like, I like feel guilty if I don't throw it that type of stuff But all on all of fish those deep areas that you know Come down together. There's little ditches and there's little drop-offs where it gets deeper There's steeper banks and you will catch more bass if you see some rock Be sure to fish that if the sun's up warming that stuff up during the day And you should get some more bites, but thank you guys so much for watching Be sure to leave a comment below on what bass fishing tips video you'd like to see next All on all what fishing videos you'd like to see next But thank you guys so much for watching if you guys haven't subscribed Be sure to click that subscribe button hit that notification bell as well. Thank you guys so much for the support And I'll catch you guys in the next video