Busy, first find the fish. Start in shallow water and work your way out until you see fish jumping. Move boat in postion to intercept fish as there moving. As for floats use a big enough float to support a 1/4 - 3/4 oz weight. Run a fixed float to a inline weight. You want to start off 4-6 feet under the surface. Cast ahead of the school and wait. Close to the same set up w/o float is a 1/4 -1/2 oz weight inline to your leader. Run about a 3 ft leader w/ dual hook set up. As for bait I perfer small. Cast out and work the upper water column with a slight jig motion and slow retrive. Hope this helps.