No, I don't use the electronics that boosted these baits' popularity. The basic idea is to have a bait that's center weighted so it swims level at a consistent depth.
However....it looks like you can jam a hover rig jig (basically a jig hook with a nail weight cast on the shank) into just about any bait becomes a weighted soft jerkbait that'll work in the bays. So you can make it dart around AND get down to the eelgrass tops, or the bottom where it's not weedy....and drag it, hop it or make it dart around.
Has anyone tried the hover rigs in the bays?
edit: I realize that the store bought hover rigs have topheavy hook-size-to-jig-weight weight ratios, so I'm try em out..and if they swim like I I want 'em to....I'll have to buy a mold and make my own. With a 7/32 or 1/4 oz lead chunk and a spotty-sized hook, like a 1/0....
thanks,
don't asCK, don't.....learn.