I bought the red ear g2 shellcracker a couple weeks ago and took it to one of my lakes. Bass still in prespawn and temp was 62. Tied it on in the evening and worked it in shallow flooded shorelines. I started by waking it which is like the combination of buzz bait and jitterbug (should be deadly at night). But I remembered the tip I saw on a video saying how well it deflects and that it should be rimmed into logs. The first submerged log I saw (~5 fow) I put my rod tip in water and cranked down. Banged into it and when rolling to the other side I saw a flash and bam! 2 pounder.

Caught 3 just like that within half an hour. This thing swam through and over growing water shield stems and brush like it wasn't there. By end of day I was tossing it into some nasty cover.

I plan on putting some mustad ewgs on it and probably buying bluegill or crappie. Anyone else have these and you have any tips or tricks?

I caught a few fish with it.  I was steadily and slowly reeling it just fast enough so the tail fin poked out of the water.  I don't know if it got too hot or what, but the bait split down the back in my tacklebox.

They have a 6 month warranty I believe.

I've got a couple and had good luck cranking it in shallow cover like the op and sloooooooooowly cranking on the top so I can hear the tail click and clack.