Does any one know a good web site that i can read and learn about the different type of vegitation and plant life in and around lakes and ponds that bass use for cover. also so i can identifie the different pants so i can fish around them or avoid them?

thanks

This one is one of the best. Here is our bass biology section and a few of the articles that cover plant life.

http://www.bassresource.com/fish_biology/about.html

http://www.bassresource.com/fish_biology/lake_plants.html

http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/vegetation_fishing.html

http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/weeds_bass.html

http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/fishing_weeds.html

http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/where_are_bass.html

http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/Vegetation_1.html

http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/Vegetation_2.html

Two years ago I decided I'd gone long enough without being able to identify anything beyond a basic few plants. What I really wanted was a book entitled "Field Guide to Aquatic Vegetation of Western New York." Unfortunately, no such book exists that I could find and I had to put together my own guide by spending lots of time on the computer.

It all starts with searching for "aquatic vegetation." There are some good sites, although they may not cover your area very well. I found something about the plants of Michigan which I used as a base, on the theory that we have similar plants, both being northern states. I also found something about invasive species in New York. I managed to cobble together some text and pictures and put it into a Word document which I printed out and it proved to be very helpful, although not complete.

One good site to take a look at at the start is:

http://aquaplant.tamu.edu/database/index.htm

Good luck. There's definitely a degree of satisfaction in knowing exactly what it is that's constantly fouling things up.