The snot algae is usually on the banks or near them. Get out past that crap. Assuming you're in a boat, cast just short of that snot algae. You may be casting to 3-5' water. Find a flat or something with a gradual slope.

Let the jig drop to the bottom (where it's too deep for light to keep the algae alive on the bottom). Drag it on the bottom. If you think you're reeling too slowly, reel slower. Black jig with a chartreuse crappie nibble is what we have been using.

Have someone that knows what a bed smells like, show you a bed and remember that smell. I kept poking fun at trypman about "I can smell 'em", until he explained that he was serious.

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