What's the best way to see what's in my pond?

Question

There is a small pond in my neighborhood. I know there is yellow bullhead and sunfish in their. I want to find out what else is in their. Should I use a seine net or a minnow trap? I would go snorkeling but it's a very dirty pond.

Answer 1

get a cheap fish finder and a small raft paddle around cheap fish finders are about a hundred buck thney give you size of fish and structure and depth some will even show bait fish

Answer 2

Take a small buzzbait and run it across the top all over the pond or you could throw a frog imitation in there too. If there's bass in it they will hit it. Otherwise throw a crawler in there and just wait. Fish the edges of the weedlines. The fish should be around there. Good Luck !!!

Answer 3

Fish it till you catch something different.
I sugest using a spider jig head made by Charlie Brewer's Slider company baited with a night crawler and slowly hopped along the bottom. Just about anything will attack it.

Answer 4

dont use a net or a minnow trap. grab a pole and a bucket of worm/minnow and fish to see what else is in there.

Answer 5

If you know how to use a cast net you could try that without even getting wet. But fishing it would be more fun.

Answer 6

Personally, I would drag it. Depending on it's size try covering at least 1/3 of it. Repeat this several times and see what you come up with. Yes it's tedious but you will know what lies beneath!!!

Answer 7

borrow an underwater camera from the science and natural resources department at your local community college.

Answer 8

if its that dirty of a pond do you really want to eat out of it.

Answer 9

Go fishing

Answer 10

I would try worms with a bobber. If that doesn't work or you tried it then try bass lures or flies.