Justin Swartz

Not 100% sure where to put this post so Ill post it here. I am extremely new too boats just bought my first one a couple months ago and in these summer months we have a lot of vegetation on our lakes in Nebraska. So I decided the other day that I would fish the slop by using a hollow body frog. I guess I wasn't sure what to expect but it was kind of a disaster my trolling motor was all caught in the weeds, stop working several times had to bring it back up an get the grass off of it. Also there was a little bit of wind so I kept getting pushed deeper into the weeds. I guess my question is as I watch these bass fishing videos and such how do you keep your boat steady in this grass? I don't have a power pole so should I anchor? Also is it smart to be putting my boat into these weeds? Or should I just stay on the edges out of the weeds and cast into them? I keep watching bass videos and it seems like a lot of anglers just put there boats through the slop and lily pads, maybe just some tips on this could help me out.