Limited last week on Hubbard then had to go out of town. Hope their still biting or better yet I hope all the ramps don't close due to high water.

I like your post.. A little to much to explain you'll just have to experience a basic day. I don't know your availability or mine for that matter but if you pm me and we can get our schedules lined out with mother nature I'll offer you an open seat.

Hi guys,

So I've had my little jon boat for a few years now. Only had a 3.5 hp motor on it, so I used to only fish tied up to the GB pilings after launching at Chaha at Ray Hubbard. Every now and then I could get on some cats using cut shad, and minnows. The thing is though I want to catch crappie and whites/stripers/hybrids. This year my wife's grandpa gave me his old 15hp ted Williams motor and I finally got her up and running. I've put some time into the boat getting a bow mount made up for the trolling motor, installed some decks and even got a fish finder (Lowrance Mark-4 dsi). I've been taking my boat out for the last few weekends, and can read the finder fairly well, but I've come to the conclusion that I really know nothing about how to fish from a boat. I'll drift out into the areas where I remember seeing trees when the water was low and I can easily spot them on the finder, but when I try circling back to them I can't seem to find them again. Also, on occasion when I can get over some structure I can't ever seem to get any fishing done because I'm working so hard trying to stay in the same place.

Do I need to anchor? How do you do this without spooking fish? Is there a trick to trolling? Should I just tie off to structure sticking above the water? Am I looking in the right spots? I've fished Hubbard for 4 years and have yet to catch a crappie. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

Great Gesture Tommy

Take him up on this, you'll have fun and learn even more