Hey guys new to the site old time fisherman though...  I seem to be having a little trouble.   I live in OHIO and Im fishing in an old pond that is very deep and I know in fact there are very large bass in this pond.  But I am having trouble catching them.  I tried spoons,  and twister tails, shiners,  I have tried everything any have a idea how to catch them this time of year from a place like this

This time of the year is when bass start into thier fall pattern and feeding up for winter. They should hit shad colored crankbaits. white spinnerbaits. lipless crankbaits and senkos. these have always worked well for me. and before I frogit welcome to the club and forum.

Harry

I live in South Louisiana.  I have been fishing a lake for the past 3 or 4 months.  I like you know there are some large bass in it.  I have tried everything artificial you can think of without one hit.  About a month or so ago, I was what I thought was pure luck, I caught a 2 lber on a bream rig.  Bobber, regular hook and a nightcrawler.  I was very surprised. 
Yesterday I went out to the lake fished for several hours for the elusive bass.  Finally I decided to fish for the bream I know are under the pier.  I started catching bass right along with the bream. In the same spot with the same rig.  Bobber, aberdeen hook and nightcrawlers.  Although they were not lunkers but 3 of the 4 were at least a pound or better. 
I ended up bringing home 34 bream and 4 bass.  I consider that a good day.

I'd consider that more like a great day and look forward to some more.  I struggled for a long time learning to fish that deep water.  I would slow down going across the lake and when I came to those deep holes bass often would be stacked up there.  What really go under my skin was they would be there more times than not.  I tried worm fishing but I don't have the patience to worm fish that deep water.  Then one day in a tournament of which I had caught nothing short of a heat stroke I came around a sand bar in the river and the opposite side was about 35 feet deep and sitting in the midst of  it at about 20 feet looked like a school house full of fish.  Since I hadn't caught anything legal I decided to take out the deepest running crank bait I could find and began dropping it off the sand bar into the deep water.  In the shallow water it left a muddy streak and when it fell off I got down on it to make it go as deep hopefully as those fish.  I kept up the pass for 15 or 20 minutes thinking I'm letting this thing get away from me.  All of a sudden my rod bent double--thought I had hooked a log but to my delight it was a six and half pound largemouth.  I threw right back in and copied everything from before.  Bang it was another hit.  In less than a hour I had five huge fish after culling three or four.  At the weigh in, my friends who had little to nothing were as surprised as me.  From that I have learned not to leave those deep fish but be patient--more times than not they will hit and when one does usually the rest get some kind of signal and join him.  I had hoped this year I might fish some of our bigger lakes and try trolling in those deep holes, maybe even trying a small planer board.  Don't give up on those big fish,
they will make a believer out of you.  Good luck and good fishing.  Uncle Tom

you also can consider the frog bite. this time of year the frogs start moving back to the ponds. allot of fish, big fish feed on them there frogs and not just bass.

hey guys , new to the site im in lula GA near gainsville just noved hear from NC . im having troble fiding a spot and what do i use? i dont have a boat so its harder if anyone can help i will be greatfull. everything ive used in NC is not working hear

hey kpatillo, welcome to the bb and i hope you find someone to help ya. on here i think uncle toms jigs is the closes guy thats fishing the same type of area that you are. read as much of his stuff as you can and maybe send him an pm to chat mono - mono with him.

hey uncle tom, what do ya think...........maybe ya can give this guy a helping hand?????

welcome felow newby. last week i was fishing a small pond in southern indiana i was using a #5 rattlin rapala lipless crank bait in blue white & orange and landed a 7lb 9oz 25in largemouth. that was the big one but i caught seven other fish of decent size as well

We need a bit more information.  Season isn't the only thing that plays a role in this.  When the temperature cools down, it's better to use a smaller and slower presentation.

Hope that little tid-bit helped!