I hope you do well you will be hooked on jig fishing in the early spring on the reefs or up tight in the shallows tip with a minnow or not depends on what the fish are prefering some use blade baits I like a 3/4 ounce purple hair jig tipped with as big a shiner as can be had vertical jig just nicking the bottom and bring back up medium slow keep your boat super slow with a wind sock if the wind is there you dont have to go out real far to find fish either. let us know how you do