I use anything from gnats tipped with minnows with hardly any weight, to 1/4. Oz with 2/0 hooks,,,,its all about how deep and how aggressive the fish are at that time,,,,but most guys starting point are 1/16 jighead tipped with minnows or nibbles..I always pick whatever larger size hooks sizes that come with jigheads because the fish there are magnum sized usually,,,bigger bait = bigger fish