Farm Pond Bass Fishing

One of our guides recently had the opportunity to go and fish a small pond in SC while on a duck hunting trip. “Farm pond” fishing is one of John’s favorite ways to get a line wet. Usually there are alot of different species lurking in those dingy waters like large mouth bass, sunfish (bream), crappie, catfish, and there’s always the stories of the giant snapping turtle as big as a dinner table.

John’s no Nathan Webber when it comes to bass fishing, but he did alright fishing brown woolly buggers on a slow retrieve. The bass were hungry, but not too willing to chase anything moving fast. After he and his friends caught a few bucket mouths, they switched to some trout patterns like copper johns and soft hackles to catch some bream.

Small pond fishing is a great way to keep fishing in the winter, or if you live far from a trout stream. Its easy to run out for an afternoon and cast some flies to eager fish- or maybe even hook that giant snapping turtle.