Quote Originally Posted by Spoonminnow View Post
Event a foam float that has a lead ring at the lower end where the line and bait are attached, are brought down easily by an aggressive fish no matter it's size. Of course crappie that take it down are usually over 6", along with perch, sunfish and other panfish. Some days soft plastics attached to jigheads work fine (depending on bait design); at other times live bait is needed.

I only use the design pictured:

Right, thats what I was getting at when I said properly balanced.