just imagine u were about 2 go fishing on a somewhat large pond in south carolina,from shore with just waders on,the water is very muddy, like coffee,it been faily warm latley,68 degrees today,but a small cold front just came through the other day it was 25-40 degrees. what 5 lures would u use and how would u attack these fish? the pond is loaded with cover,stumps,,wood and grass all around it,its fairly deep in one part about 15-17 feet deep in one part, and i have caught alot of small bass and some nice on,but only one bigger one at 8.5 plds all the rest were under 4,what would u use and how? anyone? pro or rookie?

Hmmmmm. I'm thinkin this one over and I'm figurin what I would bring along if I got invited to go fishing on this pond in SC. I live in SoCal and most of the time the water around here is pretty clear.. but from the stuff I have here is what I would bring.

1. Dark colored Fat Boy Ika (flylined on 3/0 EWG hooks)
2. Dark colored five inch Senkos (probably flylined and t-rigged if there is a lot of) grass
3. Bright pink/bubblegum Zoom trick worms
4. Dark colored Roboworms purple, Aaron's Magic, Tequila Sunrise (for dropshots)
5. Dark colored Keitech swimmers.

And for all of the above I would try to find some sort of way to make a little noise like inserting little rattles or using beads and glass on the dropshot weights.

what do u mean flylined and t-rigged? and how would u fish the bubblegum trick worm? and how would u fish the drop shot rig?
and is a trick worm,the same as a floating worm?

What time of year? What type of forage is available to the bass?

not really sure,i have use my minnow trap 2-3 times and have only caught what i think are bluegill,and nothing else, i have seen a couple of lizards around the banks and thats about all, i do know there is large mouth bass,crappie,blue gill,sunfish and catfish in the pond. and time of year is now in dec, the tempature down her go from as hot as 65-70 to 35-40 just yesterday it was 34 degrees and today 50 and tom it suppose 2 be 70, oh yeah we have had alot of rain latley also

any rocks or structure?

is the bottom just mud or sand?

alot of wood and stumps,almost all over the shallow end and alot of tall grass along the banks that is in the water somewhat about a foot or 2-in some places more. but in the deeper section there is one log and the bottom is somewhat hard but mostly mud, no rocks or sand

I would concentrate on the wood. it will retain heat along with being an entire eco system there. I would throw a a topwater bait near the cover and banks, I catch fish on topwater all year long. Followed by a modified wake bait. Next would be the Fat Ika...next would be a dropshot rig. Then if all else fails, black jig.

thanks robo but whats a modified wakebait?

and on e dum ?. i have fished with tubes my whole life, what the differce between a fatboy ika and traditional tube, like from yum or storm?