I have a two day up there this weekend. I hear it's been tough, unlike this time last year. I have heard almost all the hydrilla is out of there. Any thoughts from people who have been there?

I have never fished that lake.....  It's on my bucket list.

I fished a 2 day several years ago. Clean water is usually the place to be. You may have to run around the lake to find it. I found it near the spillway on the south shore.

We had some luck using pumpkin colored trick worms with no weights in holes and around the deep hydrilla and white frogs fishing along the southeast shore lily pads and crank baits over the oyster beds on Saturday. I cant remember exactly, but the oyster bed we found was east of Big island and in front of a marina.. Sorry i cant give you more detail.

The next day on Sunday, a cold front shut it down. North winds made fishing the south shore quite rough. I saw one big mamma near a creek in shallow water near the plane wreck on the northwest shore north of Henderson's fish camp. I cast everything I had in my box, but no dice. They are in there, just got to find the right spot/offering.

I really enjoyed Henderson's, decent trailers with old florida charm. Lot's of wild turkeys roaming around the woods near the camp too.

Good luck.