Use your Teardrops, 1-2 lb Line, and do this...

[cagetrapper]

Well..........

It's Open Water now, or Really Close to it...
This is what I still do...

Take a 5 foot open water rod and real...Put on some 1-2 lb line, like the kind you would use for Hard Water Fishin, and then put on a Tear Drop with a Small Bobber you can see...Start fishin from shore or if you can't do that, Fish from a Boat.

I'm catching Nice Bluegills, Specks, and I caught a nice Perch doing this so far...Fish the small Ponds that might hold fish..

131 expressway and 68th street behind the Kamart Store..Big Pond w/ nice Gills and Bass..

Have a Ball.

Stan

[buttlesdog]

I do the same thing with glo jigs and tears for night and late evening crappies. I find it works best when there is a light wind so there is a ripple on the water that shakes that jig in a way that would make Dave Genz envious... good post.

[fishnfool-3]

I tie all my own ice jigs. I do the same thing only use one of my fly rods.

[Doubles Shooter]

I've been using teardrops and waxies on soft water for years. It's a very effective method.