Try the same kind of fishing and use a Slinky weight and add a 1″ up to 2.5″ crappie weight on the hook leader in front of the hook. This rig running off a 3-way swivel allows you to fish stumps and logs without hanging up. I buy my Slinky weights from a Company in West Tn.

Also you can drop each rod down with the same rig your talking about then when it hits bottom just feel up about 4 or 5 ft I run up to 6 to 8 rods this way 19ft boat and spaced along the lenght of the boat using a 6 to 8 oz sinker it keeps the rigs from tangling up as bad. This works with current or wind. But also can take your trolling motor and move the boat along also.

I like to control drift fish any time we have current, My bait is for the most part 40+ yds behind the boat and I use the trolling motor to slow the boat speed down. Say the boat is moving at 2.4 MPH I use the trolling motor to slow my drift down to .07 to 1.2 MPh when I feel the bait and lead hit bottom I pick it up and allow it to drift with the current. This is spoon feeding the fish. We have days were by my self I can catch 30+ fish in 2 or 3 hours. From 1 lb to 40+bs best day was 300+ lbs of Blue catfish in 4 hours by my self. Now that was fun.

How fast of current can you fish this size jigs in and stay in contact with them? Here were I fish were using heavy jigs up to 1.5 oz to keep up with the current and still feel the bait. We at times are forced to fish 3 MPH current.
I started last fall using a pair of 7ft 6″ light action crappie jigging rods with 6 lb test line to fish some Long haired jigs in 1/8 oz to 1/2 oz and did good. These have hair that’s around 3.5″ to 4″ long on them. There killer on casting to fish on gravel banks. But trying to use them in our deeper water for winter time Sauger. I tie these up and there tough jigs Powder coated heads along with Matzuo Sickle hooks in them.