I fish a local lake here and its full of this thick mated grass!Your fish finder will say your in 8ft of water but you can see the top of this thick gonga looking mess and it looks like your in 2ft of water and i now there has to be fish underneath there but need some help on what to do or try!Thanks alot!

Flip, pitch, or punch it with jigs or Texas rigs

Google "punching grass for bass"..basically it is using a large bullet weight, 1oz or more to punch through the thick grass.

You may also consider fishing any pockets with a keel weighted anaconda.

Here is a great thread about fishing hydrilla.

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/79539-heavy-hydrilla-tactics/

We don't have hydrilla, but we do have water chestnut.....get your heavy gear out and start punching it.

or try fishing frogs, they work excellent for me in the mats.

I fish a buzz frog with 1 .25 oz bullet weight pegged. Fish over the top fast and then stop it and let it flutter down into the holes and the outside edge. Heavy rod and 65 lb braid.

In my opinion there are two things to do or try in this situation. 1 go in after em by punching the grass with heavy weights or 2 fishing something over the top quick enough to elicit a reaction strike and have them come up through the grass to get it. Also a key to grass is looking for other types of grass within the dominant grass as this will give bass something different or key to hold on!

One of the best presentations I have used for that senario is a Chatterbait.

Time of day and conditions would determine what I would do. Bluebird skies would tell me to punch on thru with a jig or t-rig.

On cloudy/low light days, I would be fishing the tops with a shallow running crank ticking the tops of the weeds or a spinnerbait fished the same way. If I fish spinnerbaits, I would kill the retrieve at any openings and let it helicopter on down. Topwaters would get the nod here as well. I would also try a jig or t-rig and fish the edges and see if I can hook into some active fish. If all the above fails, I'd go back to punching on thru.

I fish a buzz frog with 1 .25 oz bullet weight pegged. Fish over the top fast and then stop it and let it flutter down into the holes and the outside edge. Heavy rod and 65 lb braid.

Now this is an angler on the hunt...there's hawgs in that jungle! Never tried a buzz frog, but I know a hoo daddy works.