How do you fish these jerk baits? and should it be weightless?

I rig them on my president spinning reel, although you can use a baitcaster.......

If I see a bunch of fish on top of the surface I fish them weightless--- walk the dog action--- 1-2 pause

If I want them to go just under the surface which this is the way I fish them most often, I will use a small split-shot.......

And also to fish them deeper... and I've caught some good ones this way- use a weighted hook, and use the same walk the dog type action..... some use nail weights to sink them deeper and this is just as good as using a weighted hook........ Personally, I only use one color- watermelon seed.

How do you fish these jerk baits? and should it be weightless?

You can rig them in every way you can rig a soft plastic.

Like Raul said, the options are only limited by your creativity.

One of my favorite rigs and ways to fish it is nose hooked with a 2/0 mosquito hook, and fish it fast as hell over submerged weedbeds in dawn/dusk times. when there is no TW bite, this often draws strikes. A TX. buddy uses a fluke like this exclusively rather than mess with spooks, sammys, poppers, etc. because he says the hookup ratio is better. I also like them nose hooked on a DS, or weightless/weedless on a big EWG (5/0+).