I found a new bait I have to have now.  I bought one pack when ordering dead fin darters from afp and gave it a go skipping docks on a finicky bite.  The fish were way pushed up into the docks hiding under pontoon boats on lifts.  There were few openings and a vertical drop of a senko wasn't cutting it.  I ended up skipping this bait into openings and lifting the rod tip at the end of the skip to create slack line then lowering the rod tip to allow the bait to glide.  All the bites came on a long glide way back under the docks.

 

I was getting a much flatter and long glide than in the video by using a thinner wire owner 3/0 hook.  That seemed to keep the mass of the rigged bait more centered for a long flat glide.  The screw lock of the owner is terrible and tears up the bait.  I'll be switching to a clip on twist lock that I can open up and allow the hook to unclip when hooking a fish instead of ripping out of the bait and taking a plastic core sample.  

 

If anyone knows of a good light wire hook with a clip on style twist lock let me know.  I also use these on the gilly to get it to swim straight.  A heavier wire hook will make then lean to one side.  

Excuse my ignorance but how is this different than chicken/bwwk rig and/or tail weighted French fry/worm?  

Upon further investigation I’ve concluded that it’s a worm with a hole in the middle to make rigging easier Chicken rigged

Meh

9 hours ago, paulmandude said:

Excuse my ignorance but how is this different than chicken/bwwk rig and/or tail weighted French fry/worm?  

Upon further investigation I’ve concluded that it’s a worm with a hole in the middle to make rigging easier Chicken rigged

Meh

It back glides really far and gets back into docks where my other baits can't reach.