Go Fish, I to came from a yankee state "Ohio" where the waters are muddy and shallow for the most part. I did fish mostly for bass and second was cats. I always carried a bag of wheaties in my tackle box. If nothing else I would fish for carp. I moved here in 92 and thought I was in heaven. I sold my john boat and bought a bass tracker. I fished every weekend for bass. I was in a major learning curve for structure fishing. Ohio lakes are a mud bottom dishpan.
I found a couple guys that connected the dots missing in the mass of knowledge that I had garnered thru reading magazines. In March of 94 I caught the largest string of bass to date. My best 5 was around 30 lbs. We could have had over that but my buddy was loosing all his big ones. We were in Kentucky that day. Anyway, Welcome and feel free to ask anything from anyone. Sadly it looks like the Army Corp is closing access to the best catfish waters from a boat; below the dams. That will be another challenge to overcome.