does anyone troll 4-8 ft chartruese crankbaits in 10-12 ft of stump filled water to find them hard to find schools of bass in clear water because it works,especially when its hot.

First off, Welcome to the forum.

I don't troll for Blacks on purpose, but do like using the crank to locate bass in an area.    If I pull a few bass with the crank, I usually slow down and work the area with plastics.     If the area truly is filled with stumps, I'm looking for breaklines within, or guts ditches, creek channels that might have fish holding by or next to.

Hookem

Matt

i troll for trout         i can cast a rod and reel so thats how i fish for bass

I can cast too. I casted a million times at this lake and caught 1 little fish.I finally quit being stubborn and tried a new technique a buddy told me about called trolling.At first it was tuff because we were catching a bunch of crappie,cats,stripers hybryds and bluegiills. Then i tied on a chartruese crank bait and instantly caught a three pound bass.We duplicated the pattern and now weve located about 6 honey holes on underwater humps and catch bass everytime we go,casting soft plastics and cranks.90% of the fish is in 10% of the water and i know what 10% theyre in. Hope this helps somebody and good luck on the water.

Good suggestion.  While it's probably not most anglers favorite way to fish, trolling is an excellent way to find fish.  This holds especially true if your having trouble finding fish on a new lake or on a lake or if your struggling to locate fish by traditional casting methods.