My brother in law and I went to the creek yesterday fishin with crickets as usual. It started off kinda slow w/ a few small bluegills. I decided to take off the split shot from my cricket and let it fall more naturally .I noticed a increase in the size of the bluegill, most were over 8 inckes and even caught a 8 and 1/2 inch redear and a 11 and 1/2 inck crappie, all with a cricket. Does anyone else think that losing the split shot increases catches? look forward to your responses, Creekman