Let me see if I can help explain it a little. If you are familiar with your lake and you know the bottom depth well, this is a great way to fish it, but if your not very sure about the depth, or it is up and down all the time, the weight on the bottom might be best.
Does that make any sense? You can still fish with the weight in the middle on any lake, and watch your depth finder just adjust you line depth, you have to know how much distance between the hooks and weight.
One of the reason's of the weight in between the two hooks , if you get hung you can just bob the weight ''straight up and down'' and the weight will knock the hook loose, most times.
It is a great crappie gett'er, and most pro tournament guys use this set up, and are very successfully with it.
Good luck.....crappie cowboy
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