Dave ... I have one outfit with braid. When I use it to Vertical Cast, or vertical jig with, I have a #4 splitshot sinker on the line ... about 8" above the jig. Now, I'm not fishing "clear" water, by any means ... so your fluoro leader may be a necessity for you. In any case .... braid seems to be "lighter" than mono (it wants to float, rather than sink), and the sinker helps drag it down & keep it tight. It can also help free a hung-up jig, by bouncing/shaking the rod tip so that the sinker drops below the jig ... and the weight of the sinker pulls the jig loose.
If you have 150yds of nothing but braid on your reel ... you're wasting your braid. Generally speaking, most people put on 2/3 capacity of reel in "old" mono ... then finish filling with the braid. This keeps the slick braid from spinning around on the arbor of the reel spool, by giving the braid something to dig into. You also have more braid to fill other reels, or replace the braid you're using. And, if you're using hi-vis braid, its color will eventually fade ... or it may become somewhat frayed. If either of those presents a problem, you simply walk off the braid ... cut it loose from the mono backing ... walk to the faded/frayed end & retie it to the mono backing ... & reel it back on. Now you have "brand new" braid on the business end of your outfit !! And you're not lessening the amount of line retrieved per handle turn, like you would be if you simply cut off the length of affected braid.
One thing you might also consider, when fishing the "house", and considering that the water is very clear .... is Sun position. Crappie will seek shade, whether it's from obstacles above or below the surface ... or simply depth. Try and figure out the angle of the shade, in relation to the drop off or the underside of the "house" ... then pick your fishing spot in accordance with where the water column &/or bottom will be shaded the most.
I'm assuming this "fishing house" is floating ... so water levels of the lake may change, and if they do, so will the position of the drop off. If you're a frequent customer of this place, you might want to ask if cover could be added (either by you or the business owner). A concrete block tied to a dead cedar tree trunk ... then a rope tied to the top 1/3 of the tree & tied off & hung along the inside supports ... gives you some cheap & easily made cover, that will draw baitfish, which will in turn draw predator fish ... like Crappie !! It would also up the odds of fish being drawn to the "house" ... which would increase the profits of the business owner, by drawing in more customers (once they hear of increased catches). That's assuming, of course, that the owner charges to fish there.
... cp