Used to do that with my 10' & 12' collapsible rods ... back when I fished the buck bushes at Barkley Lake (back in the mid 1970's). Cortland Dacron 14lb test for main line, 8lb test Stren clear/blu leader / #2 Aberdeen hook / #4 split-shot / big minner ... slip float set at depth of the length of the leader, which was usually no more than 12-18" long. Pulled many a Slab out of those bushes, even when I had to hoist them out of bushes that were 3-4ft high above the water.

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Picture is from 1973 (I was 25yo )