Fresh water live bait?

  Last time I remember fishing with live minnows, my dad had to rig them for me.  My whole adult life fishing, I've been using lures, spinners, eggs etc... Never had an opertunity to use live bait. (Mainly trout, panfish, and C&R bass)  Have never targeted stripers.
   I have an idea of how rig a minnow, hook through mouth, but, where I need some learning, is, what kind of weights if any, (water current I guess dictate amount) what kind? split shots? how much?  is the bait rigged carolina style?  Are stinger hooks usually rigged?
  When I bass fish my confidence rig, I use a texas rigged berkley power worm (4 to 6") with up to 1/4oz bullit weight and 2 glass beads, big bass hooks (2/0 or 3/0 size)
Trout, trolling a roostertail (white or yellow has allways worked at Loch Lomond here in Santa Cruz Co.)
  For panfish, I use an ultra-lite 3.6' with 2lb test and tiny tube jigs (trout traps) A hand sized blu-gil is a real fight on such light tackle.
Anyhow, I would like to read how your guys that use live bait all the time do it.
Thanks

jprtroy, I use the same method that Sean / Scwafish uses for live-baiting for stripers in Lake Mendocino. Check out the article he wrote on it......


http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php?page=22

http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php/topic,7990.msg69944.html#msg69944

Here is a link to something I wrote last year about live bait striper fishing in the delta.

Jeff

For presenting to bass, crappie and trout in a lake...around structure or at a controlled depth (usually around the thermocline)

Hook (size dependent on bait)---split shot---slip float (or bobber quality balsa, not generic)--------bobber stop at desired depth.

  Thanks for the links guy's  I must have read them back when hey were posted, because I remember going out and purchasing both the 3-way swivels and sliders!  They've been sitting in my trout box unopened since.  Obviously forgot why I got them.

Troy