Helpful pointers for fishing this year

[BassMoJo]

Ok so last year me and my buddy got our first boat a 2000 pro team bass tracker...joint owner ship. It was our first season with a boat and we did really good we problay had a total of 15 fish over 4lbs... 2 of which were over 6 (caught by me) I have the upper hand thanks to you guys ! But the majority of my fish came from dundee which is a river what I found to be my strong point. My partner on the other hand likes reservoir fishing.

My question(s) to you guys is what can I do to make myself a better fishermen in this atmosphere esp. during the summer months but the others aswell. I do alright in spring just because its mostly sight fishing and ive been fishing now for 12 or so years, but now that I have a boat its a different type of fishing.

Here are some weak topics for me: Thanks in advance

Finding cover in deeper water, I have a nice fish finder w/ nav but only 20 degree below

Fishing deeper water, whenever I do it I feel unsure no confidence in doing it, with cranks, dropshot (no sucess at all with ds)

Really it all comes down to finding the bigger fish in the summer months ...I will almost always catch fish doing what I know (beating the banks and hitting cover on the shorelines) but when it comes down to it I have no deep water game !! !

Please help