floats are deadly for crappie with tiny jigs, caught about a thousand crappie between me and another guy last year off local pier when no one else could catch anything casting and reeling.. Crappie in this lake want the lure in front of their face for a bit, occasionally they will hit a cast/reeled jig with no float but castch 5 to one with tiny trout magnet bobbers/jig. Also I prefer to cast/reel the jig at a slow steady pace but will do whatever the fish prefer.