Bass fishing floyd lamb?

[striperking18]

I am going there for the first time next weekend to see if i can get some fish.Any tips on what lures to use?I seen some pics of cattails and was wondering if a topwater frog would work good?Thanks
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[Sil240sxrwd]

I almost always bass fish with finesse techniques at FLSP. Small jigs, Shakey head rigs, and small texas rigged plastics such as lizards, 4" to 7" Powerworms, and speed craws fished pretty slow... Pumpkinseed, Green pumpkin, watermelon seed and black have always been my go to colors for those ponds. The cloudier/darker the day is, the darker the bait... You can also do pretty well in the early hours with top water baits such as jitterbugs or small poppers as well.
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[wolfs4evr]

Both Strike King (1.0) and Rapala (2") make a small squarebill crank. What I would try as far as cranks. Something that one can cover lots of water fast with to find them. I have caught LMB on 3 of the 4 ponds on the purple Rapala 2" Clackin' Crank squarebill linked below. I don't think BPS carries/sells them though. I never really messed with bigger sizes. The LMB in general are quite small at Floyd Lamb so I went with something smaller to maximize catches.

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[bigdaddy_lv]

I will tell you this: Floyd Lamb Park has been the bane of my fishing existence.

I don't even want to think of the amount of money I have spent on entry fees to the park, gas to get there, and lures lost in the weeds and trees; because I have yet to catch 1 bass there.

I went to Gov't Wash last weekend and caught a smallie on a white spinner my third cast from shore on a crowded water line, but I have spent hours upon hours throwing everything I have in every combination I can think of at Floyd Lamb and have yet to catch anything. I put at least 51 hours into fishing solely for bass there last year alone. I've tried every time of the day with every color from natural to the obscene and any size bait from tiny cricket size Rebel cranks to 12" Mann's Power Worms. I've used attractants from heavy salt, to Mega Strike, to BANG, to Gulp Alive! spray.

I have seen dozens of bass but not a single one has ever taken my bait. One time I was using a black KVD sexy frog (gum frog) and saw a large bass chase my bait and hit it, not try to eat it, just rammed it like he was mad but not hungry. Another time I spent 2 hours shaking a wacky rig white 4" Senko worm in front of 3 large bass on their bed and I might as well just have been juggling chickens on the shore because that might have at least got them to pay attention to something I was doing.

I've tried everything but dynamite but knowing my luck; the one day I decide to use it all the fish will be wearing bomb defusal suits and will be unaffected.[crazy]

The point of this post was not to discourage you from trying. Please, try as hard as you can; I still am. I just wanted to let you know my experience and what to possibly expect. I have seen people catch bass, but I haven't personally. Everybody has a different strategy or different bait or time of day to fish, etc., etc. I am convinced you could fish FLP with a rock, a hook and a piece of bubble gum on the end of your line and you would do just as well as the guy with the $30 lure because those bass only eat when they're damn good and ready to and if your bait happens to be in front of them when that happens, awesome; if not... well, that's why it's called "fishing" and not "catching" []

Good luck and hopefully you don't have to sacrifice too many lures to the fishing gods.[fishon]
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