I have a blacks release that on a cable that puts it 3' above the ball . The bells are run 5 or 6' back and there is a 3' lead from the back of the bells to the peanut, spin glo, or a small flatfish. You find a area you want to fish and bump bottom with the rigger weight. Pick it up 3' or so , go a little ways and bump bottom again. Keep doing it till you hook up. I like a bottom that is clay.