Hey Guys, I fish in NH on a small lake (approx 275acres). Well recently the state came and treated the lake for Milfoil. Well the lake used too fish rather shallow, weedbeds, and boat docks would get you a boat load of fish in no time flat. However the fish are getting increasingly scarce on this shallow structure. Does anyone have any tips, tactics,  or tricks to finding fish in a lake that no has hardly any weedbeds left.

I tried since the wind was blowing pretty good last time out a spinnerbait down the bank that only got me 4 bites. Sun was out I went to some lily pads and laydowns and fished a Spro Frog w/o a bite. Went out to deeper breaks and fished a tube picked up 2-3 in 10-14ft of water. I got 2 fishing a jig and pig out in that 10-14ft zone as well.

Anyway any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, tight lines all.

Man, I seriously hear you on that NH milfoil problem. I'm also from NH, and frequently fish smaller ponds, where the stuff is 12 feet deep. What pond are you referring to, anyway? As for your problem at that spot, it's gonna be tough for a couple years there I think. I used to fish a chocked out spot and just slayed the bass until they treated it, then like you said... nothin' to speak of. I hear that when they do that, it really messes with the fish as well.

After the Florida hurricanes of 2004, some of central Florida's best bass waters lost 99% of their submergent vegetation.

Worse than the decline in the bass population was the total loss of submerged vegetation.

For several years, I focused on two things, which may be something for you to consider:

1) Whenever the boat was moving, no matter where I was headed,

my eyes were glued on the depth sounder in search of sudden changes in depth, however small (a 6" step will hold bass).

Differently put, I was looking to replace cover with "contour" (structure).

2) In addition to looking in deeper water, don't be shy about looking shallower too.

Even in New Hampshire (and Canada), largemouth bass are not averse to moving shoreward for emergent vegetation.

In other words, you'll be substituting submergent vegetation with "emergent" vegetation (rushes, pads, reeds, etc).

You would expect docks to become prime cover, but for some reason dock fishing offered poor results.

Roger

Hey Guys, I fish in NH on a small lake (approx 275acres). Well recently the state came and treated the lake for Milfoil. Well the lake used too fish rather shallow, weedbeds, and boat docks would get you a boat load of fish in no time flat. However the fish are getting increasingly scarce on this shallow structure. Does anyone have any tips, tactics, or tricks to finding fish in a lake that no has hardly any weedbeds left.

I tried since the wind was blowing pretty good last time out a spinnerbait down the bank that only got me 4 bites. Sun was out I went to some lily pads and laydowns and fished a Spro Frog w/o a bite. Went out to deeper breaks and fished a tube picked up 2-3 in 10-14ft of water. I got 2 fishing a jig and pig out in that 10-14ft zone as well.

Anyway any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, tight lines all.

Fish deeper and farther away from the shallows, and by "deeper" I don 't mean move to 600 ft depth, by deeper I mean slight changes in the depth, many times 1-2 ft "deeper" is deep enough.

Look for other kinds of cover.