Fall fishing grassy ponds

[TriStateBassin106]

A 5acre pond I've been fishing recently has a lot of this patchy milfoil like stuff in it. Some spots there's more than others but usually it's lined up along the bank and starts to recede the deeper you get out. So far my only luck I've had in this stuff is fishing spinnerbaits and occasionally a texas rig that comes through it pretty well. Since it's fall what should I be throwing around this grass? Also does anyone know what type of grass this is? Is it milfoil?  

[TnRiver46]

Flukes and frogs 

[Bluebasser86]

I'd be pitching into the holes in it.

 

[Mike L]

Pictures are blurry but that’s Hydrilla. 
Pitch into it concentrating on any holes in the thickest areas first.
I’d start with a 1/2 oz and work my way up as you work the entire area using more compact baits as it thickens. 
 

You can use pretty much anything you want around the outside perimeter as you work your way in. 
 

 

 

 

Mike
 

 

[Bankbeater]

I would be pitching a jig in the holes and along the outside edges.

[CrashVector]

What Mike said.

 

I'd fish the edges first, looking for "points" or indented sections.

 

Then, I'd toss in a jig or pit boss into the holes, then swim a frog over the thick stuff.

 

 

[huZZah]

I’ve had good luck flopping a wacky rig around in the same condition. I just keep it from sinking into the slop. 
 

Although that has even worked out a few times. They grab it right as it hits the hydrilla before it turns into swamp thing. 
 

Also had success with an in-line spinner working around and “over” it, but this is the most frustrating way. Constantly cleaning that crap off the lure. 

[txchaser]

Owner flashy swimmer with a keitech 3.8 fished along the edges and tossed into larger open holes. Surprisingly weedless and can be drug across the top and swum through the holes. 

A toad fished the same way can be really effective too. 

 

Chatterbait fished along the edges.

 

[TriStateBassin106]

On 10/14/2021 at 7:31 AM, Mike L said:

Pictures are blurry but that’s Hydrilla. 
Pitch into it concentrating on any holes in the thickest areas first.
I’d start with a 1/2 oz and work my way up as you work the entire area using more compact baits as it thickens. 
 

You can use pretty much anything you want around the outside perimeter as you work your way in. 
 

 

 

 

Mike
 

 

I usually fan cast that stuff since I'm from the bank, I pitch the holes that I can see but eventually cast it out.

pics I took was off a fishing pier that is along the shoreline, when I throw a texas rig out there I throw it unpegged and on a 1/4oz and just work it back, I thought I would be snagged up but it comes through it pretty well it almost feels like there's no vegetation, if I use a 1/0z would I have to peg it or leave it unpegged? 

[Scott804]

Fluke with a swivel a 6-8 inches in front. It makes a big difference. 

[Mike L]

1 hour ago, TriStateBassin106 said:

I usually fan cast that stuff since I'm from the bank, I pitch the holes that I can see but eventually cast it out.

pics I took was off a fishing pier that is along the shoreline, when I throw a texas rig out there I throw it unpegged and on a 1/4oz and just work it back, I thought I would be snagged up but it comes through it pretty well it almost feels like there's no vegetation, if I use a 1/0z would I have to peg it or leave it unpegged? 

The size of the weight doesn’t matter. 
It’s the amount and thickness of the surface cover and the depth of it that will determine what size you need. 
In essence you’re trying to punch through it which will dictate if pegging is warranted. 

Since you’re fishing from shore, which limits your ability to cover the majority of it, I suggest that before you bring it out, bang it a few times on the underside of the mat. 
That will keep your offering in the water longer which can help to call them to you from where you can’t reach. 
 

 

 

Mike

[CrashVector]

I "rainbow cast" into stuff like that with a 1/2oz tungsten weight pegged to a pit boss.

 

Pick my spot, the cast up in a rainbow arc to let my lure drive thru the matted grass.

[TriStateBassin106]

23 hours ago, Mike L said:

The size of the weight doesn’t matter. 
It’s the amount and thickness of the surface cover and the depth of it that will determine what size you need. 
In essence you’re trying to punch through it which will dictate if pegging is warranted. 

Since you’re fishing from shore, which limits your ability to cover the majority of it, I suggest that before you bring it out, bang it a few times on the underside of the mat. 
That will keep your offering in the water longer which can help to call them to you from where you can’t reach. 
 

 

 

Mike

What color soft plastics would you recommend for pitching around that stuff? The water is about a 2ft clear on a sunny day, I usually use black or junebug but like I said the water has been getting clearer. 

[Sam]

25 minutes ago, TriStateBassin106 said:

What color soft plastics would you recommend for pitching around that stuff? The water is about a 2ft clear on a sunny day, I usually use black or junebug but like I said the water has been getting clearer. 

Green Pumpkin

[CrashVector]

1 hour ago, Sam said:

Green Pumpkin

+1

[PressuredFishing]

weedless stuff, fish it how you fished it in the summer.