a few ?s on aquatic vegitation

[little_stephen]

so..... my local lake just had a MASSIVE algea bloom. like every single inch of that lake is solid with green algea..... I have NO idea how to get past this, as if it wasnt bad enough that the lakes water clarity is always really dirty, now theres algea everywhere..... the only plus i can see to this is that some of my bigger baits are making alot of disturbance in the water, sucking alot of algea down with them....... is this a good tool or what?! and what should i do to fish now?!

secondly- i went to a local private pond i recently got permission to fish, its BEAUTIFUL but like nothing ive ever fished before.... for this part of ohio, the water is really clear! im guessing that thebottom was about 4feet downwhere i could see, but theres TONS of hydrilla all along the shore...... and lots of scum....

Im not sure how to fish the hydrilla, ive been dragging jigs, cranks, spinnerbaits, and even big worms through the paths i find and thats drawn a few strikes, but the locals told me that floating baits really get them. the day i went i only took a medium heavy rod and alot of bigworms and jigs..... so i didnt have the means to try this, but my bandit 100 series got alot of hits in rootbeer chart. and the chrome black back patterns!     buzzers and poppers got me nowhere....   so..... whats the best way to tackle those hydrilla beds?1

with the scum, i got a good little largemouth off of a nories bug rigged up on a jungle screwlock jig that i pitched ontop then twitched off the edges..... even caught a big bullfrog thatway.   but im used to fishing pads.... so ive got alot of horny toads.... are these useful here? this stuffs thick so they really dont get the time to build much splash before they hit another clump....... and for sum reason it seemed that the fish were only holding on the outter edges of the scum..... flipping jigs into internal holes didnt produce any responses........

so yea.... algea, hydrilla, and scum...... what do you guys think?! ;D

[little_stephen]

heres the pond btw..... beautiful little thing in a private rich alotment..... and yes i obtained permission to fish there! lol

[dieselaw]

i just went to a pond very similar to what u r descibing.  i know that the pond i went to  the bass were not pressured so i am not sure if the same method will work.   i fished weightless flukes over the top of everything. i used a stop and go retrieve, and letting the fluke slowly sink into any holes i found in the vegitation.   i evn used the fluke across the top scum.  i used it just like a forg.  had great luck,   hope this helps!   and post some pics of what u get!