I usually tear up the shellcrackers in a local city lake, using a very simple set-up...just a worm (get the panfish size worms, alot better), a small sinker six inches up and a slip bobber set at about 3-4ft down (depending on the depth of the water you are fishing). Just remember that they call them shellcrackers for a reason, they will be on the bottom cracking shells. I find the best time of year to target them is around the end of may to the first week of June. That may very on different lakes. I find that once I catch one, there are many more to be caught in that same area. Good luck.