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You can also see a lot of this info on the Navionics app.

Yeah, it's been awesome. Also been using the water level offset as many of the lakes I fish are a little low right now.

+1 on this. I've been using the depth shading on my app a bunch lately. Really helps to find areas.

It's pretty easy to monitor tides on the Navionics app. First open the app and move to an area you want to check out. Then click the sun/cloud icon and it will bring you to a screen with the weather. Scroll down and you can view wind speeds as well as tides for the closest tide station. It...

Drop-shot for sure. Makes it easy to drop and raise the bait. Caught this one the other day. I've been focusing on shallow flats I find with my Navionics app and they are just starting to move up around here.

not new, the float n' fly is popular in states like Tennessee for winter smallmouth. For me, the best bait is definitely a blade bait when the water is in the 30's and low 40s.

Typical river current breaks and like IKfish says, flats near deeper water. Here are some good areas. This screenshot might be close to the backwater you are talking about if its the same place I'm thinking of.

Exactly. Find the food and you will find the fish.

The Vexilar SonarPhone is pretty cool for a portable option. It works through your phone and also allows for live mapping with Navionics if you have the app.

Image quality isn't the best, but I would say that is just grass.

Check out the Navionics mobile app if you don't have it yet. It has some great contours for Hagg and also many community edits, which are spots others have marked for everyone to try. You can see the fish icons on this image. Click those on your app and it will have more details about the spot.

No Title I would say any islands, backwaters and current breaks would be good like you can see on the map shown.

nice looking fish!

Another great free resource is the Navionics WebApp. It will show you contours of all the lakes. Go to navionics.com and click WebApp on the top menu.

Can't beat a dropshot. Like others have said topwater in the morning and evening and then its finesse time.