Im with PBUG. I fish some real nasty cover for some real big cats on the local rivers. 7ft ande tournament rods 6500 abu with power crank handels and bait clickers, 80 lb cortland master braid because it will not break and it last forever, 7/0gamakatsu circle hooks. Some times we fish the bottom some times we use 10 inch pole floats depends on the log jam.