If the pond is too weedy you will probably have to wait until the weeds die off. If the weeds are sparse you can rip the bait right through them
Yeah, you can fish a trap off the bottom but is has to be pretty clean to do that.
so how would you fish it in the cold water. isnt it a fast moving bait?
not necessarily. during the colder months bass slow down due to their metabolism. Any bait can be worked slow. Spinners and cranks can be deadly worked slowly and erratically. There are days if you burn it they will hit, but a lot of times you just need to slow down.
