Hydrilla Fishing

[Cross-7]

Hydrilla is so thick you can't hardly paddle through it.
Every cast is a clump of vegetation.
Other than a frog.
How can it be fished ?

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

I used to tear em up in the early '80s on Cedar Creek Lake crawling a Dirty Bird across the top of the thick vegetation. When you got to the edge BAM!

 

[M.Magis]

Rubber worm with really heavy sinker, pegged in place. You'll have to cast/pitch to "open" pockets.

That's the only thing I can think of other than topwater.

 

[callmefence]

Rubber worm with really heavy sinker, pegged in place. You'll have to cast/pitch to "open" pockets.

That's the only thing I can think of other than topwater.

I was a bass fishing addict for years . Came close to moving to lake fork. Thank God for the wife...
When the hydrilla mats up on top this time of the year. It blocks out sun and kills the growth underneath. Creating caves. Flipping a soft plastic or jig with a very heavy sinker, up to a ounce or two. Punch through the mat let it hit bottom, bounce it a couple times, make another pitch.
Caught some giants like That

 

[Cross-7]

I've not seen anything like this.
Lots of vine type vegetation also
Nearly impossible to fish so I bet it holds fish

 

[ropinranger]

I love fishing hydrilla...the lack of it at Amistad the last few years really hurt fishing!

I agree with the, hunt for a "hole" and throw in a heavy jig or heavy peg-weighted worm--the bigger the worm the better...and hang on!!

But, in the morning, or when there's clouds, a frog over the top, paused when you hit a "hole", will sure make for an exciting fishing trip.

 

[talltimber]

There is a spot near here that has acres of that stuff, and pads, thick. Lots of fun when they are biting. We always fished it in the middle of the day with a weedless spoon and trailer. Trying to fish it with a spinnerbait would wear you slick.

 

[Cross-7]

I don't think there are holes in it
Where there isn't hydrilla there is other vegetation

 

[ropinranger]

Then, fish the edges, especially where it meets the other types of vegetation, and along any drop offs.

 

[Kingfisher]

If it's your tank just make some holes.

 

[True Grit Farms]

A 10' to 12' pole with 6' to 8' feet 60 lb mono tied to the end and a 8/0 #85 hook is what I used. Take a big shiner 10" or larger and hook just under the dorsal fin. Keep the shiner swimming on top of the water splashing whenever you can find water, do not let the shiner swim under the water. When a bass hits the shiner, lower the pole till the tip almost touches the water and when the line comes tight lift the pole up. You'll have your bass, if it's 8+ pounds put it in your trap and bring it to Clewiston and sell it to the so called sportsman on Saturday. Now with all the camera's and phone's it might not be as profitable. This same pole set up works good on Snook also, but you need 150 lb mono, and you sell the fillets to restaurants as grouper. The restaurants knew what they were buying and screwed use on the price. But $2-3$ a pound in the 70's was good money for a teenager, and the Yankees love eating fresh fish.

 

[Cross-7]

If it's your tank just make some holes.

Nope it belongs to the US government

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[Cross-7]

According to a guy that fishes the lakes there.
Green pumpkin or watermelon worms and lizards Texas rigged but weightless
Cast it and drag it across the vegataion

 

[LRTX1]

Can also try big tube baits rigged weedless pegged or weightless.

 

[callmefence]

A 10' to 12' pole with 6' to 8' feet 60 lb mono tied to the end and a 8/0 #85 hook is what I used. Take a big shiner 10" or larger and hook just under the dorsal fin. Keep the shiner swimming on top of the water splashing whenever you can find water, do not let the shiner swim under the water. When a bass hits the shiner, lower the pole till the tip almost touches the water and when the line comes tight lift the pole up. You'll have your bass, if it's 8+ pounds put it in your trap and bring it to Clewiston and sell it to the so called sportsman on Saturday. Now with all the camera's and phone's it might not be as profitable. This same pole set up works good on Snook also, but you need 150 lb mono, and you sell the fillets to restaurants as grouper. The restaurants knew what they were buying and screwed use on the price. But $2-3$ a pound in the 70's was good money for a teenager, and the Yankees love eating fresh fish.

The selling part sounds illegal

 

[TB521]

According to a guy that fishes the lakes there.
Green pumpkin or watermelon worms and lizards Texas rigged but weightless
Cast it and drag it across the vegataion

Might try a whacky rig

 

[bbirder]

According to a guy that fishes the lakes there.
Green pumpkin or watermelon worms and lizards Texas rigged but weightless
Cast it and drag it across the vegataion

I used to chase the Bass also. One of my most memorable trips was in the marsh of S. Louisiana. If we caught a 2-3 lb bass that was normally what we called large for the marsh. One day we pulled over into a pipeline canal that was choked up solid with weeds. We started casting plastic worms and dragging across the top of the clumps. The bass tore those worms up. Evidently, even tho we think the grass is solid, they can see sunshine thru holes from underneath. we tore them up with a stringer of 2-5 lb fish in about an hour. The only day we had promised the wives to be home by 11 and we had to leave with them still biting. :cry2:
We were a few minutes late.

 

[Cross-7]

 

[bbirder]

:lol:

 

[Cross-7]

Figuring out maybe