I said I didn't know what it was. It isn't a bottom dweller, because it's not 3/4 of an ounce. I have some heavy baits with the weight on the shank. This isn't one of them. That wasn't the point of the photo. No one needs to identify it to understand the point of my post. Is the air thin in here?

At second glance, there may be something on the hook. If so, it's a bass dozer bait I won over a decade ago. 

Straight braid on all my casting rods. Landed 5lb LMB last week on straight 20lb braid with a Terminator spinnerbait. 

 

Fish hammered the SB, good hookset...easy peasy. 

I use fluorocarbon for both buzzbaits and spinnerbaits. Currently I'm using 14lb Seaguar R18 Limited.  It's similar to Tatsu. I have had much better success with this line when throwing things like spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, bladeded jigs, and swim jigs compared to mono.

 

I am not a fan of straight braid on buzzbaits and spinnerbaits. For example, in my last tournament my fishing partner was throwing both those baits on braid.  He caught two fish all day and lost several that would have put us in the money. Myself,  I caught nine, 4 keepers, and lost two little ones. Another factor though in our tournament was the wind. With braid, it was a nightmare.  His line was all over the place. His buzzbait was never exactly going the right way and his spinnerbait was getting thrown back and hook sets were questionable. 

I use straight braid with a trailer. Also I cut a small piece of plastic tubing, slide it over the main line, then tie off to the bait and slide  the tubing down over the bend. Keeps the line from slipping.(this was an idea I found on Youtube}