We'll be on the water at midnight as well tonight, we usually use green powerbait floated about 18" off the bottom, the lake we are going to is pretty shallow (deepest is 11 feet). This works well and if we get tired we just bring in the poles and stretch out the boat seats and sleep for a while.
The bells work really well, word of caution, if you use the old cow bell style, take it off before you cast, my father in law lost 6 of them sturgeon fishing in one night.
Good luck
Banock
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