These are tiny little versions of the 5" swimbaits.  I friend gave me some and I thought I'd try them for smallies.  But they are so small I have no idea how to rig them.  Any thoughts?

drop shot them or rig them on a shakey head

I bought a pack of the bigger ones and caught my first fish on that style of swimbait. IMHO they are better then the Berkley type in terms of swimming and the two nice screw in hooks work great. For $5 I couldn't pass them up. Now I'm also thinking about trying the smaller ones because alot of the shad fry are about that size now. My concern are probably the same as yours, will the action be the same and how about rigging the things? I'd almost try something like a screw in soft plastic jig rig or a small split hot on the upper part of the hook.

2.5? I have never used a bait that small for bass, even smallmouth. I use 4" paddletails for both though. I don't know if Bass Magic makes 4" but I like Reaction Strike's Fathead Juniors and they come in a bunch of sizes.

im telling you guys, dropshot them, lethal on smallies

try a little jighead.  I have'nt tryed them but since you can rig the bigger ones on jigheads it's worth a try.

I can't comment about using these as drop shot baits.  But I would not have though of that.  Just holding them they sure don't jiggle much.  

I'll give the drop shot rig a try, and I'll try them on some jig heads.