im gonna get into this boo droping pretty soon myself. im new at it myself but my plan is to pick 3 good spots and drop 1 big bucket at each one and give it some time and see what happens, i can allways add more. As far as the small buckets i havent thought about this would it be for spawning times or are you looking for something more year around? maybe try both and see what the results are. id love to know myself