Fished Sat. before Easter. Caught 2 1 on 3/4 purple hair jig an 1 on a gold blade bait 3/4 oz. The water was so muddy you couldn't see the fish till it got to surface I ain't kiddin there was 2 inch visability!!!! Well to your questions. I use jig s no smaller than a 1/2 oz. usually I'm using a 3/4 oz if there is any wind and a 1 oz if its bad. You have to jig as vertical as possible, with no more than a 45 degree angle on your line to the bottom. Experiment with the lightest that will get you almost vertical. I lift n drop, fast lift slow drop, and pay attention they hit on lift and on the drop. Get use to where your rod tip stops on the drop know that spot!! If you line goes limp before that spot fish on set the hook! Half the fish I catch I don't fell them hit I see them hit. I compare jig fishing to when I talk to my kids when they are watching TV, I could talk to them and they don't hear me, they are in the zone. You have be the kids oblivious to everything around except your finger on the line(to feel hits n bottom), and your eyes on the tip and line watching for something thats not normal.