Thanks for the input guys !
Now I know to fish good structure even without seeing fish on the fish finder. Structure is key, and structure with cover is even better. Thanks Dan for distinguishing between structure and cover and the importance of them together. I'm sure I'll be spending much more time idling around looking for structure/cover than I did in the past.
Last summer, before I joined the club, I was fishing docks with crankbaits, swim jigs and dropshot in 15 feet of water or less, and not catching very many fish. Since joining the club it seems like everyone is fishing in water 15 feet or deeper. Looking for structure, weedlines, rockpiles, humps, drop offs, and fishing usually deeper running, bottom hugging rigs (dropshot, carolina rigs, football head jigs, wacky rigs, texas rigs, deep diving crankbaits & slow rolling spinner baits deep).
The big change for me will be from just throwing shallow running lures (crankbaits and swim jigs) around docks in shallow water, and doing some drop shotting around docks, to looking more for structure in deeper water (15 - 50 feet depending on water temp/season). Using lures that work deeper (dropshot, carolina rigs, football head jigs, deep crankbaits and spinner baits) instead of throwing shallow running baits.
I know there is much more to all this, time of year, water temperature, whether we are fishing in Seattle area or in the Eastern part of the state, so many variables and different conditions, I guess thats what makes it a challenge.
Thanks again for all of your input !
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