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In Florida and select other locales, floating vegetation, like pennywort and hyacinths, forms mats dense enough for alligators to walk on, requiring some serious muscle to get a bait to the bass waiting below

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It's also important to chum the area you are fishing - the oils and small pieces of bait will draw in fish from the surrounding area, and hopefully, get a feeding frenzy going

Topwater Bait During our first couple of visits to one particular pond, we discovered that it was populated by some decent sized largemouth bass

CHECK OUT MY VIDEO CATCHING BASS FROM THE SHORE OF A POND High-Percentage Shore Spots for Pond Bass Success One of the main challenges of shore fishing is making the most of the water you can access