

A live shiner, killie (minnie) or small sunfish, or a bruiser nightcrawler, all presented on a barbless hook, will be greedily inhaled. For those so inclined, live bait is about as irresistible as it gets to the puddle bigmouths. Keep the offerings to plastic worms, chatterbaits, downsized crankbaits, and, when the surface mats are heavy, plastic frogs.

If we’ve learned one thing about plying said swims, it’s not to overload, i.e.

The bass ensconced withing just get older and fatter.and sometimes careless enough to be caught. New Jersey’s southern-tier counties are rife with such waters. No matter, the fact is that largemouths thrive in these venues as there is usually an abundance of forage, plenty of weedy cover, and no real threat of harvest via rod ‘n reel.
