Milfoil vs hydrilla

That's my experience with it as well.

Thanks for the input. I wonder what the deal with it is. Do they just not use it like they do hydrilla? The fish that I do catch are always on the outside edge of it. I guess I could just limit my fishing to that part of it and forget the mat. I've never done anything in the mat itself

I've caught them slow rolling a heavy spinnerbait through milfoil, and pulling a Carolina rig, if the milfoil is spotty. Hydrilla I've had luck fishing was a lot thicker, needing almost a punching technique with a heavy jig, or fishing along the outside.

Matted hydrilla is my favorite way to catch them. Done it successfully on Caddo, Rayburn, and Kincaid many years ago.

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Hydrilla > milfoil

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This.

On Caddo, where we have both along with coon tail, I almost always do better around hydrilla.

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Matted hydrilla is my favorite way to catch them. Done it successfully on Caddo,

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Several years ago there was some really good hydrilla at the south end of government ditch. Combining that with the current that flows through there used to hold a massive amount of fish. Never caught anything over 5.5 but man there were a bunch of fish in there.