Milfoil: How bass use this type of cover

Read canopy shape, not just the outside edge

Milfoil can form tall canopies with passable stem lanes underneath. Bass may use the outside grass wall for concealment or chase along the grass tops. First confirm how far the grass is from the surface, whether the outside drops off abruptly, and whether there are hard-bottom windows inside the grass.

Practice breaking a stretch of grass into three types: points, pockets, and sparse sections. Keep the same bait depth in each type for test casts and compare actual responses. When the grass edge is long, straight, and lifeless, look for irregular sections; you don’t need to equally fish every meter of grass wall.

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