Hello,

I was out fishing at my local lake towards the evening time after a very hot day but it was still pretty windy out in the middle of the lake (winds from 15 - 20 mph) and I was having no luck in the shallows (3.5ft and less) but I noticed fairly large pockets of fish in the 20+ feet level, some perhaps 3 to 4 feet above the ground.

I was kind of at a loss of what to try because I mainly fish shallow waters for Bass.

What would have been some good tactics to employ?

I have several Deep running crank baits and several various weight spinner baits. Do spinner baits work good for deep fish? What kind of weight and color should I be throwing and how should I retrieve it?

Would a weighted texas rig senko work in this situation? or would a carolina rig setup be better? How should I fish each application?

Also, I'm curious about the ol Jig and Pig.. what color and method would be best for fishing deep water?

Lastly, If I'm fishing open water like that, should I just drift in the boat and let the wind take me or should I drop the trolling motor and slowly troll in a straight and narrow path?

Any advice would be great! It took me almost two hours to finally land a bass in the lilly pads using a weightless texas rig worm.

In MN these days it's getting pretty hot so I'm figure the Bass are going to be moving into deeper water by the time the afternoon hits so I really need some advice!

Thanks in advance and patience with so many questions!

One last note.. The waters that I typically fish are stained green becoming a little more clear in the shallows

Texas Rigs, Carolina Rigs, Drop Shot, or Jig-N-Craw  

Keep using the deep diving crankbait in a shad pattern.Throw a Carolina rig at 'em.Colors may vary ,but I'm catching  mine on green pumpkin,watermelonseed,black w/ blue tail,tequila sunrise,red shad,purple shad,and pumpkinseed w/chartreuse tail.Lizards,finese worms,senkos,and lately a 7 1/2" Culprit worm have caught 'em for me.I also like the dropshot rig in the same colors(finese worm).I've even caught a few pitching tubes to cover in shady areas and docks.I'm not tearing them up,but I catch enough to make it interesting.

If they are suspended it is tough. Then what Catt said plus jigging spoons like Silver Buddies or Cicadas and Littlr George. Don't forget ypu can put a crank bait on a CRig.

If you have fish pinpointed on your graph and suspended off the bottom, it's tough to beat the drop shot and the jigging spoon.