I fish a lake weekly with a big hydrilla growth. It's been coming on for a few years now, and this season it's the thickest I've seen it. I use plastic worm much of the time here. I almost always chose a straight tail worm, usually a Zoom Trick Worm, Roboworm, or Mann's Jelly worm, because I figured they would always come through this cover better than other styles. Recently I put on a Zoom U Tail worm, Texas rigged, and fished it in the thick weeds. As I retrieved slowly along the bottom, it was obvious the tail of this bait was hooking around weed stalks. I caught 3 bass on 3 consecutive cast when the tail became hooked on the weeds, lightly jiggling the worm to free the bait. These 3 strikes were solid, a much harder " tap" than the usual very light hits I normally get on this lake. I'm not sure if the shaking of my rod to free the worm caused these harder hits, or the action of this worm? Either way it worked. I know many folks like to bump hard baits, lipped crankbaits, and lipless baits into wood cover also. I have caught a few bass doing this too. Of course I've snagged and lost baits also. Do you normally fish curly tails in the weed cover, or opt for a straight tail worm, especially in hydrilla? What's your choice? It goes to show that even after all these years at bass fishing, you can always learn something. It was an eye opener for me.
