Do bass spawn around lily pads? I know pads generally grow in mucky bottoms, which in theory wouldn't be good for spawning. But they also grow in shallow, calm parts of the lake. Just wondering what yalls experience is with it.

If that's the best available area for them, they'll use it.  If there are better substrate nearby, that's where they'll be.  Lacking the ideal environments, they usually choose the next best option. 

Florida bass spawn on pad roots - Luke Clausen won a classic fishing root systems for spawners

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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