EVERYONE LOVES GRASS!!

[VolsFan24]

We all love the grass. We love seeing it grow, die, mat up, etc. But what’s your favorite grass? What has been most productive for you? I think this is a good discussion to have to help those that are struggling (always me), but also give new ideas to some. I used to think grass was grass, but that is not the case. It seems now a days, most if not all my better bites are around coon tail. If I’m working a grass flat and catch some coon tail, I’m slowing down and working that area extra hard. What about you?

 

[churly]

Coon tail (spiny leaf niad), and Milfoil tolerate cooler temps and begin growing way sooner than Hydrilla, as does the emergent pond weed that is the leafy stuff that is on the surface first. These three grasses work as anchors for the pieces of hydrilla drifting down the river. Once the hydrilla begins to grow around these other grasses, it will act like kudzu and absolutely take over and usually chokes the other grass out. In other words if you find a coontail or Milfoil patch in early summer, its eventually going to be a hydrilla patch. Ive caught fish around all types but the biggest bass I have caught comes from the hydrilla. the deeper it is, the better. It is stiff and hard to get a bait through but our bass love it.

 

[VolsFan24]

I should have clarified, I meant for right now. The Facebook page is filled with people talking about struggling right now, and I can always do better. I didn’t wanna put this on Facebook because I’m not big on social media and don’t really care to get 100 answers with only a few being relevant. Haha. I don’t know all the names but milfoil/hydrilla (I’m pretty sure I always mix these 2 up) is what I look for when frogging and punching (first time punching last year). I didn’t know that’s how it grew. Floats down river, gets caught in other grass, then grows there. That’s cool info. Thanks.

 

[rusty50576]

I like throwing bladed jigs in the milfoil of downtown Knoxville. I just wish they didn’t kill it downstream! I’m up north on vacation and there’s grass and lily pads everywhere..... I wish we had lily pads

 

[VolsFan24]

rusty50576 - 8/28/2019 11:31 AM

I like throwing bladed jigs in the milfoil of downtown Knoxville. I just wish they didn’t kill it downstream! I’m up north on vacation and there’s grass and lily pads everywhere..... I wish we had lily pads

There are lilly pads on Chickamauga. emoBigSmile

 

[31airborne]

I focus mostly on places (seams) where different grass species meet.

 

[churly]

yes. There acres and acres of lilly pads on Chick

 

[rusty50576]

VolsFan24 - 8/28/2019 4:22 PM

rusty50576 - 8/28/2019 11:31 AM

There are lilly pads on Chickamauga. emoBigSmile

I may have to check that out one of these days! Fort Loudon is void of them and I only know of one tiny patch on tellico

 

[fischnrod]

If I had a lawn mower that worked in water I'd mow it all down except for 1 acre and I wouldn't tell anybody where that was located emoGeezer emoUSA

 

[Crankinken]

I like an area of mixed grass or hydrilla. However, if I’m at a lake with lily pads, that’s my place. When I used to fish in Louisiana I could tear them up.

 

[porthos33]

The deeper hydrilla is the key this time of year. Milfoil is SO rare on this lake but when I have found it, I typically find it late spring/early summer when I'm looking for bed fish. Coontail in the winter is a magnet for big fish too. Lilly pads get good north of dayton.

This time of year honestly my favorite grass is areas with no grass! I truly get so bored fishing grass but that is just me.

Years ago I thought I was pulling up milfoil in the winter where i had found some fatties hanging. It was definitely coontail!