Pond Fishing

[Fishing4Soup]

i've stumbled accross a set of ponds near my house and Ive been fishing them for a while and found the one that produces the best fish. The other ones are full of panfish...mostly pumpkinseed so they are always getting caught on my lures. The pond i fish in is about 5 feet deep in the middle, Surrounded by cattails and linked into a bunch of other ponds just like it. It is loaded with pockets and vegetation and you need waders to go into it because of the cattails. I have fished it twice with my dad And we have tried 2 lures so far. My dad was using a spinnerbait and had a monster pike come up to check it out but that was it for him. I was using a Jointed Floating Rapala Minnow(Black and Silver) And i got 2 decent pond-sized pike and the second day i caught two 4 pound bass casting into pockets. I guess that gives you a basic picture of the pond. It has some monster pike and i saw a 6 lb. Bass swimming arround so i was wondering what you might recommend. The pond has carp, pike and bass with a couple pumpkinseeds. Any help on what lures and how to use them would help. Sorry about the length of the post!