Hey everybody I have been gaining lots of experience last spring, summer, and fall through fishing for lmb and reading. I am excelling in shallow water conditions and I know generally well the overall tendencies of Bass in relation to weather, season, and lures they prefer.

But one area of fishing I still have not conquered is fishing waters where I cannot see the structure (Trees and shrubs and foilage) or bottom. In deep and mid-depth situations I feel so clueless and lost when I try to fish. I feel blind. This technique is crucial for me to seriously up my game on these Large mouth Bass.

The lake I have been fishing on is a natural medium clarity lake with 30 feet of maximum depth, with a sort of muddy and snag-filled bottom with little to no rocks. And I have a really crummy depth finder that basically shows me depth and the rest is
useless.

The lures I wish to get good at is a Jig. I know I have to fish that thing so slow and that makes my confidence fall because I don't know if im in the totally wrong area or if a Bass is checkin my lure out. I have tried also deep diving cranks, spinners, and Texas-rigged worms. I have never gotten a bite with any except for the Jig at the base of a big dock. I'm sure when I do catch a fish I will foolishly stick with that lure for a long time in deeper depths, because it is my only confidence related lure.

Does anybody have any simple techniques to start me off on fishing deeper where I cannot tell what the heck I am doing. I'd wish to mainly figure out where to find the fish in these mystifying depths. ( I have read Bruce's Bassin' Essentials article about Deep Water Bass fishing and I remain low in confidence)

Thanks a lot for any help.

Drop shot and jerk baits. And also get yourself an Eagle Cuda 168 depth-finder. They are only $70 and work very very well for the price.