In a nearby lake I found I could catch all the 2 to 4 inch BG,PS, and RES that had been recently stocked by using a short 6 foot line tied to the end of a very flexible spinning rod, a tiny hook and a piece of worm. Dipping the line among the stacked shore rocks it was liking catching fish in a barrel. But it showed me that the small fish stayed in these rocks for protection so I put a dump truck of rocks at the edge of my pond trying to duplicate this.