He also believes in staying shallow, but to slow down and concentrate on water containing heavy cover. He always marks his maps with likely areas before hitting the water and will concentrate on areas similar to the places he has success earlier in the day. This is all well and fine for touring pros who are experts at reading maps and water, and have years of daily experience on finding fish. They also have the advantage of schedule. Most national tournaments schedule their events during prime fishing season for a given body of water.
Prime time is most likely to be when the fish are shallow and aggressive.
The pros have a set of problems and schedules that are far from the conditions normally encountered by the weekend angler. We need to look further to find our answers. If you don't have a good map, there are a lot of times you just have to look yourself, especially on smaller bodies of water. It is absolutely essential you use all of your senses and pay attention if you're going to have good success. A note pad and pencil is handy to have along, and leave the rods in the locker at least for a little bit.