Hope I'm not repeating anything Moose said
Man, Moose, you don't really expect me to try to read all that on a small computer screen through trifocals, do you?
We fish standing timber at Rush Run a lot. The lake has crappie, but we haven't found them. Anyway, we tie the boat up to a cluster of branches near one of the points where there's good current to fish for big gills. We drop small jigs or a fly tied below a small piece of shot straight down until we hit bottom or a branch and reel up slowly. You'll know when you find "the zone".
We use the same method when fishing for rainbows through the ice.
The best trees at this lake have many branches. We are actually tying up in the top of the old trees. The branchless trunks that dot other parts o fthe lake will hold a solo bass, but not much else. This lake is clear to three or four feet in summer, so fish tend to stay at ten or more feet, except at dusk.Then they come up to feed on bugs and you can catch them right off the surface. - Roberta
"Anglers are born honest,
but they get over it." - Ed Zern