I grew up using shiners on a cane pole in Mississippi....Eagle lake, Dump lake, Bee lake, Horn lake, Lake Washington, Pelahatchie lake, Lake Dockery, etc.....came to Louisiana in 1964...learned to fish jigs in 1991.....I do both but, I love to see that cork go down with a big shiner on the bottom end.....sometimes I will start with shiners and if the bite is real good I will switch to jigs to cover more area....