I run 18" dropper OFF! a spreader to a 2oz weight, run a 18" 25# leader. Drop it strait to the bottom, tighten it up, two cranks off the bottom. To fish it right you are going to need about 5 dz. shrimp per head (it pays to pump your own from the flat in the bay). You will get bit every shrimp. The problem is they are all bullhead, ecept that 1 fish that you limp wrist hookset. The chinook feel almost exactley the same as a bullhead. It becomes an exersice in focus, stamina, and determination...I usually get 1 hookup per high tide/rod.