When me and the guy I do most of my fishing with go out, we start with 2 poles each(per law), rigged just a little bit different. One will have a minnow on a plain hook, one with a painted head, and two different colors of soft plastics. we go untill we see what the fish want at that time, and ussually switch most or all poles to that. nine times out of ten we end up with a minnow on different kinds of heads, bobbers with 2-5 feet of line, busting bank brush piles.