You guys may think im crazy but i fish a lake where there is barely any bass fishing pressure and i use a plain yellow mister twister with a little bit of gulp attractent on it and i also use white spinnerbaits. I even use crappie minnows under a float for em :
I mainly fish the rivers by my grandmas house and i use a medium action ugly stick w 20 pound powerpro with corn and nightcrawlers on a simple bottom rig
i have one st croix legend that i bought this year and i think it is great for detecting light bluegill bites. I also like the spring bobber that came with my favorite panfish rod the berkley XLE ultralight combo.It is a lot like the frabill panfish popper springs.As for crappie bites I like the ice buster bobber by todays tackle.
I assume you are talking about the berkley gulp alive. If so berkley says you can reuse them as much as you want but if they are all torn up i usually toss them
i have only fished the gill pills so i will give you a couple of my fav. colors firetiger glow red and white with a tiger stripe i like size 10 or twelve for hole hopping just because it sinks faster