in the spring with a good drift you wouldnt even have to retrieve,just cast and pull bouncing the bottom.I'm sure the way the fish are stacked up in the spring there are any number of ways to catch them.with purple hair jigs tipped with minnows,last year there were days we had a limit in an hour or two and threw sometimes 50 or 60 back.I just like to try new things.last year I also drifted slip floats with a power leech on a small jig head that had a spinner.I guess thats what makes it fun seeing how many different ways you can catch them