Probably 50% of the time I use a float. Techno 2000, I see you are from New Orleans. I live in Covington and fresh water fish Bayou Lacombe, the Tchefuncte, and Bayou Cane. Tightlining Speckled trout and redfish is different than tightlining the Sac A Lait...Been doing a lot more saltwater than fresh the past few years...