Hardbait only but no problema.

  This managed pond place has rules. No plastic worms whether you fish for bass or trout. And all hooks must be barbless. You change your barbed hooks to barbless or break barbs by pliers. It's a matter of catch & release.
  We only could use hardbaits with barbless hooks, but bass just can't help biting on the baits. Just like you use livebaits.
  Well, the thing is we didn't know bass are in here, so the most lures we carried were for trout, such as micro spoons (1/64 oz to 1/16 oz) , jerkbaits (2 inches), real small crankbaits.
  When trout are highly-pressured, we normally use 1/64 to 1/32 oz spoons. But they are too small, almost invisible to bass. Thus, larger spoons received more bites than tiny ones.

  I caught too many bass, and my thumbs were getting hurt. But we used barbless hooks, so fish jump and they get away. This "automatic release" was extremely helpful at times. Sometimes, barbless hooks are good. (Am I asking too much?).
  Nowadays, my wife and I were far away from a word "big catch"; therefore, we "had to" experience the big catch again. We decided to go fishing there on the following weekend. We brought bass baits this time.
 We brought real big baits and some baits that we didn't use for the past few years. Yucci even found a Zara Gossa that she brought 8 years ago, new in package. Unbelivable.
  Last week, the staff of this managed pond told me that jigs could be productive when highly pressured. They released the bass last week, and I thought bass wouldn't get spooky. However, it was 9 in the morning and already hot. Bass suddenly stopped biting. The guy fishing next to me caught none for the past 30 minutes. Then, I remembered the staff's suggestion.
  I tied a jig and cast it to the spot where I imaged the shoulder of the break should be. I set the hook when it was falling. Needless to say, catch-after-catch started again.
  For those who already forgot that I took revenge on my wife, I was still fishing against her on this 2nd week of fishing at this place. 1st week, we didn't know bass were in the pond, so we said the 2nd week it is.
  Now, back to my jig fishing, I was catching tons, yet other anglers were still catching none. Here comes Yucci,
  "I want a jig, too, Dodge"
  "You didn't bring your own jig," I said, and she went,
  "I don't have a jig. I don't fish like that."
  "You can use your spinnerbaits then," I said, and she glared at me as she was about to push me into the pond, so I gave her my jigs.
  What happened was she started catching a lot again, and that made her mentally retarded. She was laughing loud, jumping around... I pretended not knowing her.
  Catching too many fish can cause some brain damage, such as apoplexy or maybe cardiac infarction. Be careful, folks.
She says jigs are not her style of fishing, but she knew how to make actions on the bait. Caught a lot of bass.
 
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