I recently started fishing two lakes with plenty aquatic vegetation. Lily pads (American lotus) are the predominant plant on one of the lakes and water hyacinth (floating mats) are the predominant plant on the other lake. I’ve read and watched on YouTube people catching crappie out of lily pads and water hyacinth, and I’m curious if anyone on this forum is familiar with how it’s done. What is the best technique (should I only vertical jig?) and are the crappie usually right underneath the plants, mid-depth, closer to the bottom or does it just depend? I try to learn as many ways to catch them as I can. I learned how to shoot docks a year ago and now I’m fascinated with learning how to catch them out of vegetation.