In the spring, we like to use a ½ oz blade bait (various colors / brands) with a medium action bait casting rod/ reel. We fish them mostly vertical but occasionally flip it out to the side a little ways if things are slow right under the boat. We almost always “pop” the bait about 2 feet up once it hits the bottom. I would guess we are popping it up once every 3-4 seconds. We also use ¾ oz hair jigs. Purple or green seem to work the best and we fish them the same way as the blade baits but I prefer a 5’ light action spinning rod / reel with the jigs. We do not tip our jigs with any live bait but we do use the firm / wire stinger hooks on the jigs. The mono stinger hook tends to get twisted and knotted up around the main hook so we immediately switch out to the firm/ wire stingers. You’ll definitely want to use drift socks / bags and/or a trolling motor to slow your drift down on windy days. You have to keep your bait bouncing off the bottom and just slightly off vertical as possible. As far as location, you’ll want to listen to this site on specific reefs / areas and those are usually good starting points. We like to start upwind of a reef and let the wind blow us up one side and down the other. This pattern seems to work from the end of March through early May, but depends on the warming trend of that specific spring. I hope this helps