Lake Tarpon, the largest freshwater lake in the Tampa Bay area and home to some of the best bass fishing in the state ... and mechanical harvesting of hydrilla, an invasive aquatic plant that ...

Twitching your rod tip periodically while fishing baits like ... shoreline and submerged vegetation. Bass love to hunker down in submerged vegetation like hydrilla, milfoil, and coontail.

Water slightly stained; 59 degrees; 0.04 feet above pool. Bass are good, fishing the hydrilla with underspin swimbaits, lipless crankbaits and weightless senkos. Crappie are fair to good in brush ...

Fishing continues to be hit-or-miss due ... Water slightly stained; 60 degrees; 0.00 full pool. Bass are good over the hydrilla using bladed jigs and swim baits. Crappie are fair to good finding ...