Hello,
Recently I've been marking fish relating to brush in that 8-14 fow range (what I would consider mid depth). Sometimes it looks like they are in the structure, sometimes they are suspending just off of it - usually fish are holding about 4-10 feet down. Im typically fishing very stained water. I tried using the TM to fish with a 10ft pole in a stiff wind, and it was a boat control nightmare (Ive got a 13' tin can boat). I felt like I was perpetually spooking fish with the waves, constant whirring of the TM, moving up and down wind, off of and then over top of fish... (perhaps I need to anchor?). On a different trip, I tried getting a ways off of the pile with a jig and a slip bobber. I fan casted and twitched back with a few bobber downs, but no solid hookups (dinks or bluegills is my guess).
I'm wondering how some of you would approach fish in that depth.
What steps would you take from marking them on the screen to putting them in the boat?
More specifically, where is your boat in relation to the fish? How are you controlling that boat? How are you avoiding spooking them? What technique are you using?
I run a fairly primitive rig, so it would be helpful to hear about how you might fish these suckers without new-fangled tech such as livescope or spotlock. (I'm not uninterested in how you scopers do it, it just wont help me as directly).
I do much better in deep water vertical or shallow water situations. These mid depth fish seem to have my number. Thanks for any ideas, pointers, or stories!
