Go to South Carolina board and read the stick thread on longlining. Then read it again. Very imformative. But you can drift with minners under a bobber, spiderrig, push, longline, pullm cranks, about any tactic will work. I personally think longlining is easiest method to get started with aside from drifting with minners. On the lake find the big bunches of boats and fall in, just be mindfull of which way people are trolling and try not to cut them off, takes a wide turn longlining to not make a mess of things.