From Toledo Bend Texas!
Have not ever done any stake beds here, but have some brush piles for summer. Never needed any for the spawn. What part of the lake do you live on? I live right around the corner from 6 mile marina.
Let me add I do have a fried guid on teh more North end that uses brush all year, but they don't have much Hydrilla either.
Also talked to a new guide I just met over on the other side of the lake and he's doing the brush pile thing too, but says he has a hard time during the spawn when they are shallow. I excel at the shallow time here.
Been fishing this lake since it opened in the late 1960's.
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