Quote Originally Posted by phrito View Post
So, here's a potentially stupid question. I've just started fishing for crappie and most of it has been around bridges or utility poles where we tie up. I've done a lot of drift fishing for catfish, but not much else. When the crappie are in deeper water on this brush, when you find a location (I assume by trolling) how do you stay on top of it? Do you anchor or just keep into the wind with the trolling motor, or circle it or what? I assume with the winter winds on a lake you'd blow right over brush in no time.

I have GPS coords on most of the stuff that I fish. That gets me on initially. Then I drop a Marker upwind of the actual spot, then point the nose of the boat into the wind and fish just downwind of the Marker (watching front locator to know when I'm dead on top of it).. Yes, with heavy winds it can be tough to hold on a productive spot