Well you are right Steve, i can see that they may work long lining. I have used them to catch stripers on ouachita and i thought just might work for them crappies. Hey nimrod them cats wont leave my jigs alone. Man they are some fighting machines. Got into a 30lbet the other day fought it for 20 minutes and saw it twice at top of water but my net was too small lol. It was exciting for sure on a jig pole.