put a leach or a nightcrawler on a straight hook and a splitshot about 18 inches up from it. outfish any artificial lure 3 to 1. If there is a ridiculous amount of under 8 inch fish around this rig may catch too many smaller fish before the bigger ones have a chance to get to it. If you want to use shiners bigger is better, big smallmouth love 4 -5 inch shiners and herring. Using a jig instead of a straight hook is easier to cast but will not catch nearly as many. The natural fall of a straight hook with small weight is the trigger. You can swap the live bait for just about any powerbait that is 3 to 5 inches. Gulp leaches and 3 inch tubes are great, i like the 3 inch white powerbait twister tails. When they are slow the live bait rig is by far the best. If you want to cast artificials that arent rubber, rattle traps are very good, better than rattle raps and a meps #3 with hair will catch a pile if they are in shallows. Most of the stick baits work good too, classic silver and black is my favorite colour. If you want a challenge walk a frog colored zara spook across the water in the evening. Hard to hook em but they will go it it like crazy.
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