Best winter pond lures 2024
Bassfishnc18 reply :
What are your best producing pond lures to use during the winter? I fish a lot in ponds that are <10 ft. And fishing slows down in the winter.
Outdoor Zack reply :
keep it simple:
5'' senko, t-rigged on a 3/0 hook. no weight
6'' finesse worm, t rigged. little/no weight.
3'' grub on a 1/8 oz jighead
Yeajray231 reply :
Small jig.. with a subtle trailer. worked so slowly it's almost boring.
Small flutter spoon. good on everything in the pond.
Light blade bait.
Also a lipless crank . Id try both a rattle and no rattle.
Drop shot with 4" worm
Oklahoma Mike reply :
Jigs
Senkos
Jerk baits (if the water clarity is decent)
JustinJ reply :
Paddle tail grub
KDW96 reply :
A good jig and a piece of Uncle Josh Pork, worked very slow.
40yr of cold weather experience, and it works every time 
trick worms reply :
Shakey head
Bluebasser86 reply :
Jerkbaits are about the only option in ponds here during the winter due to the amount of leaves and moss on the bottom of them.
Montanaro reply :
Went yesterday...water temp 39 degrees.
Used a 3/8 green pumpkin jig and caught 5. Didnt fish it super slow...just tossed it to rocks and wood and they usually hit on the slow fall. Bottom is mucky but if i found laydowns or bush piles i could keep it off bottom and thats how i got bit. Just lift and drop and pick up slack over rocks and branches....doesnt need to be super slow
tander reply :
Plastics, small and worked slowly.
scaleface reply :
Light Marabou jigs .
"hamma" reply :
a light hair jig with a pork trailer, and a jerkbait, both floating and suspeding
Derek black reply :
A lipless crank works good in SC
Koz reply :
I feel your pain. I haven't fished much at all this winter but the few times I went out to my regular spots I didn't even get a bite. So last week I tossed my iBobber out there and - nothing. Not a single fish in site.
This was in a lagoon that connects with a dozen or so other lagoons through the stormwater system. So there's a good chance that most of the bass have most likely moved to areas with a better food supply for the winter. Cover is about the same at all of these lagoons and there's no feeder stream where they might congregate.
Or maybe it's as simple as the bass in my area are more sensitive to feeding at certain times of the day in the colder months. Whatever the reason, I never took the time to figure it out. Maybe next winter I'll take the time to try and figure it out. But if history is any indication, in the next 1-2 weeks the bass will start getting really active around here during the pre-spawn. I can't wait!
Weedless reply :
Ice skates, stick, puck, friends, bonfire, and cooler.
FishDewd reply :
Since it hasn't been mentioned: tubes. Everything bites tubes. Weightless t-rigged, or with a small 1/16-1/8th jig depending on the size of the tube. Can even use the Z man ones on a small ned rig and let them pop along the bottom.
newriverfisherman1953 reply :
Almost anything small and slow. Don’t over think the baits. Concentrate on the presentation.
BassWhole! reply :
Blade and JB. If it's not too cold out, a finesse plastic something, but usually not.
Czorn reply :
Motor oil finesse worm with a little jj on the tail. Drop shot or Shakey head. Very little movement, I mostly just drag slowly.
King_Nick???????? reply :
Use Spinner Baits and use minnows also try a dropshot pumpkin trick worm
fishwizzard reply :
A smaller swimjig slowly reeled past cover or weightless trickworm are my go-tos for most of my winter ponds, they all have too much hard cover for treble hooks or line-line presentstions. A few of them are open enough for a dropshot, then I use a 6” Robo or 3” paddletail with a short dropper. I cast and slowly retrieve it, only stopping it when the weight hangs on something.
Bankbeater reply :
Jigs, lipless crankbaits, bladed jigs, and a baby brush hog. That is if the water isn't ice.
FishTank reply :
Anything that I can fish slow...
Crankbaits
Suspending Jerkbaits
Jigs
Senkos
PhishLI reply :
Every bit of action I've had this winter in my shallow waters has been on these two lures, except for one pickeral on a worm. Shadow Rap 11 in Perch and the IMA Suspending Lipless. Both fished with slow jerks and long pauses and drops to the bottom. I've tried everything else wintery that I've read or heard about using every cadence I could think of while frozen stiff. Zilcho.
Drew03cmc reply :
On 12/5/2016 at 7:06 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Jerkbaits are about the only option in ponds here during the winter due to the amount of leaves and moss on the bottom of them.
That is no lie. I'm going to go try a weightless Trick Worm next time my local water is ice free. I toss jerkbaits, but have zero confidence in them and often dredge bottom, even with a Pointer 78SP. I'll be using my M spin rod for the Trick Worm. Any color suggestions guys?
johnmyers reply :
Ned rig might surprise you
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