you are correct Zack..they are beginning to spawn..and you are correct ..hydrilla is a serioius problem..what looks like 3 foot deep shore line is actually 10 foot deep..very difficult to fish...I'll start taking one extra rod..7 footer with braid with either heavy jig or heavy bullet/worm to break through the hydrilla//
I fished East side for 2 hours this morning before my doctor's apointment..I caught one fat female where I saw you last..and missed a real good one about 300 yds north of there..the fish tricked me..I thought it was at 12:00 and it swam hard right toward me..causing magor slack in my rod..acted like a very good fish..I also saw a decent fish swimming and about 6 break the surface..so ..they are beginnning to show life..