I am headed to a small lake with a lot of of hydrilla. What is the best way to fish the hydrilla? It is thick. Lake depth is shallow, only about 12-15 feet deep and 2-3 feet deep near the banks.

Thanks

Just because I love it, I would throw a texas rig with a heavy tungsten weight to push through the hydrilla. LFT Ring Fry maybe? Also in the late evening I would throw frogs over it.

I won't be there in the evening, but will be there on sun up. Same though? Frog, maybe weedless lizard for the top. What about a heavy jig for down in it? Or would that just tangle up in the hydrilla?

A frog or a fluke fished over the top....weightless or wacky rigged senko on the edge....and a pegged 1 oz. T-Rigged Beaver bait punched down in it.

Very heavy drop shot the Texas rig hook you love. Throw a baby brush hog on it and hang on

These guys are right on the money, used to do this a lot in Louisiana. If you get there at day break throw a weighless T-rig first at the pockets, as the sun comes up clamp on a split shot or two. I'd do this part with a spinning reel/rod combo and then when the sun starts to really bear down switch over to baitcast gear and the heavier weighted T-rig.

+1 on everything said thus far. I like to peg a texas rigged beaver bait with an ounce to ounce and a half tungsten weight. I also use braid when I'm punching Hydrilla, it seems to cut through easier. Good luck.

Okeechobee rig.

Sucker punch rig....oh wait those arent out yet...

dig it up and plant in east texas!

A couple of more things you might try are the moss frog or rat and one of the most deadly things I ever used; throw a gold chrome and black Smithwich Rogue. I just pitched it at the open pockets and shook my rod tip to get it to make rings. Some of the most violent top water explosions I have ever witnessed I saw while doing this......

When in Doubt:Pitch it Out.

T-rig A big 12in. Worm

Yes sir!!

Spill it!!!!

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