I read a lot about pencil floats for crappie and bluegill but I have a dilemma. I don't normally get out in a boat so I need some advice.

I have had some luck fishing close in shore but a majority of the crappie I see that have any size are way out the middle. I have tried casting bobbers throwing well past the fish and bringing it back but I either miss the fish or they steal the bait.

Is there a sensitive pencil float that I will see the fish bite even the lightest nibble that can be cast well over 50 feet? Sometimes it is 30 yards or more to where the fish are in the rock pits that we find them in the most in my area. A casting bobber is fine for distance but I think it spooks the fish with the huge splash even though I cast well past them not to mention the size of the thing.