Found something new in my lake

[SoFlaBassAddict]

   So I was out puttering around earlier on the boat tossing a bait towards the banks.  I was in about 40 FOW tossing shallow.  I was watching the electronics when I found this one huge piece of structure out of the clear blue in deep water.  I'm assuming it's a large tree.  Seemed to look like one on the sonar.  It sits in about 38 FOW and is roughly 10'-12' tall.  Also has a large boulder right next to it.  I'm planning on marking it, tossing out a buoy and then motoring upwind and dropping the anchor to work the area a bit.

   I'm going to be using three rods.  I've got one rigged with a drop shot.  One has a deep diving crank for suspending fish (Series 6 or a Norman DD22).  The other I'm thinking I'll use something like a large T-rigged worm with a 1/2oz tungsten weight or a C-rig with a 3/4oz weight.  Should I go to a larger weight for that depth?  I'm guessing that colors should be fairly dark in water that deep.  What else would you toss around there to see whats alive?  Braided line with fluoro leader on the worm and crank rod (casting).  The drop shot is on a spinning rod.

   Gimme some tips for fishing something like that in deep water.

[basspro215]

keep switching it up if there's fish there you will get them one way or another

[flyhatch]

im thinking a one ounce jig or heavy tube jig or a silver buddy

[BassThumb]

Jigging spoon.

[SDoolittle]

Unless there are suspended fish above the tree, crankbaits are probably a waste of time. I do a lot of deep cranking and I never go that deep. I would suggest a carolina rig with about an oz of weight.