Fishing Lake Hickory

[Hank]

Hello
I'm fixing up an old house with canal access (if the water level ever comes up) to Lake Hickory - near Roadhiss dam. I saw folks fishing for stripers with planer boards and was wondering how these are rigged. How far out are the boards - how far behind is the bait - what kind of terminal rigging is used? What baits are used? I caught a nice fish by dumb luck - just trolling a shinner on top but there must be more to it than that.
Also are there maps of the lake - looks like there are some nasty rock formations close to the surface.
Thanks
Hank