Generaly when I fish the pond I fish Mud or DEEP Gravel. The mud flats are very easy to fish if your not lazy or think that you can camp and wait the fish out. The key is going to be MOVE MOVE MOVE! Target less known, small flats that are un named or even some of the bigger more popular flats can be great as long as there are not huge numbers of guys out there. Your going to want to key in on the breaks on the edges of the flats any varyations in the break such as inside turns, outside points, steep walls, slideouts in the rocks, aything that may concentrate fish. General whe coming up to a new flat the first place I check will be the tip of it, sometimes there are more than one tip coming off the flat, IMO the most productive tips are those that arnt “plain jane”, I prefer the broke up and irregular ones, I like to tell my self that the eyes will have better ambush options in those areas thus leading me to beleive my odds are better. Being your new I would plan on heading out of Hunters Point Resorts road or something similar simply because their roads are great and they will point you in the direction of recent action. As for whot to use plan on fishing a dead stick rod or tip up, and a rod with a jigging spoon, silver or gold or perch in a 1/8oz or maybe a tad heavier. The perch action can be AWSOME at times to as well as Tulli fishing, they stink but they eat great smoked with a cold one! Pm when the time is near for your trip and we can talk via phone and Ill let you know what is going on currently. Im no expert but someone had to respond 
