Thread: Eel Grass

If you figure it out let me know. I’d like to go fish some over there but can’t deal with that stuff.


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Is that how you spell that stuff.
I thought it was ILL GRASS.

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Wind use to be the biggest threat to stop you from fishing the big G now this cursed grass makes me wish for the days of floating milfoil and hydrilla islands . Least you could usually work around that and it stayed together mostly. Ribbon grass doesnt, it floats in islands but there will be hundreds of individual pieces floating out from it. The problem is 1 foot long piece of this ribbon. ill or eel grass will start your jig going up when you run into it and by the time you realize it you are almost back to the bank fishing top water. Or worse you get into a blob and have to start over.If you are fishing in the dark of early morn, its impossible to see. Even if you went to a one eighth or even a quarter oz jig you will collect enough of it on your jig you will be pulling in a blob. I have gone to as many as 4 places before I can fish on a good day which is about all you can do . Maybe if they would have about 1 big hydro boat race a month on the big G they would have to keep clean it up and eventually get most of it like they had to do this summers race

Its getting started on wheeler, some of the docks that i shoot when it get under them just go some where else. Jigs will just set on top of that stuff.
Where did it come from

It’s a scourge for sure. You’d think that Game & Fish or TVA would do something about it sooner than later. It’s sure causing a huge problem for one of the state’s best and biggest fisheries.


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Not gonna happen unless it starts upsetting the green carp guys and their tourneys . Unfortunately they love grass any kind ........... Its so bad at time on the big G they have a hard time launching in places

Makes a huge mess when it is broke loose in fall and winter

It's worse this year than I've ever seen it. My son and I went Sunday afternoon, after church and I ran 8 miles down the lake to a "can't miss" dock. Floating eel grass was 6" thick under the dock. There was also more than 6" hanging off the guys boat lifts. I don't like to longline nearly as much as I did when I started crappie fishing a few years ago, but you can about forget that in the spring. All you do is reel each line in, clean it off and move to the next. Then start over.

I can't believe the property owners that join the lake aren't raising all sort of fuss about it. We do work on a good bit of TVA's equipment. I have talked to them every time they come to the shop till I'm blue in the face. They have NO plans to do anything about it. Currently. I think we all need to start pestering the heck out of our state Representatives and Senators.