Do you ever guide or would you next spring. I just want to learn how to fish like you do!

Location is paramount with late season fish. They really bunch up in specific spots. It's called seasonal aggregation) They ain't real active, so if you're not bouncing your jig in front of a lot of them, the odds of getting bit are slim. And when you think about it, the fish that bunch up in small areas in the fall come from SOMEWHERE. As in the rest of the lake. So the population in the areas they came FROM is really low. Look on steep, rocky points, especially at or near the confulence of major arteries. I fish late season LM 3 ways. Light jighead & grub, drop shot, and heavy jig. Some lakes, one works better than others. In Zoar, I leave the first two home and just take the heavy jigs. Fish down hill, and use short (3" to 6") "hops". Long casts to minimize pendulum effect as the jig works down steep areas. You want the heavy head to bang around down there and make some disturbance. A big key is to use casting jigs, not flipping jigs. The big, wide gap hook, extra stiff weedguard and typically pointed head of a flipping jig are all disatvantages fishing jigs deep. Go with jigs poured with either an arkie' style head or a football head, on a regular gap 4/0 hook, with a long, fairly soft weed guard, and you'll do far better in 20 to 40 feet.