I used to go to blood river area in early June with my family. We would use our fishfinders to locate a stretch of the old riverbed and put out markers along the edge . A lot of this water is 11-12 ft . We would then just troll with crank baits...with big enough lips to get down and dig on the bottom. Some times you lose one on a stump...but many times when you feel the bait digging on the bottom...you'd pick up a sauger. We would troll that stretch for awhile...then move on, pick another stretch , mark it, and troll again. Another good place to look are for underwater humps. Lots of times when you see these humps on the fish finder...then get ready...as soon as your crank bait gets to those spots and starts digging....someone would be pulling in a fish. We also caught white bass, largemouths, cats, with this method. A shallower crank bait would also pick up a suspended crappie.
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