Best way to do it is to try with a spoon or even a jig but the real best way is to drop a shiner down on them. Measure out the line and get a rod holder and set the bait right above where the fish are holding and then fish like you normally would and then catch the smallies that slam the rod in the holder. I know some guys don't like using live bait but when you just want to put some fish in the boat this is sometimes all that work this time of year when the fish suspend in the schools of bait.