Hey Charger:
I use 1/2" Thill Pencil Slip Floats weighted so they go down real easy but the tops still stick out of the water even in pretty heavy chop. They don't lay over when you get a bite unless the fish comes up with the bait enough to take the weight off - which doen't happen very often - but they go under real easy. The light taps are impossible to detect in choppy water but if the float goes under and doesn't come back up we SET THE HOOK!