When the water gets a cool in mid-late fall I catch fish with them popping or ripping them off the bottom and swimming them slowly on the fall, but you can catch fish with them just swimming them back like a spinnerbait too. I like the 3/8 oz in Chart/White and Black/Blue, sometimes I use Spike-It on the trailers. Can't beat the Zman imo. Also like throwing them on cool spring/fall nights, especially around wood like DJD suggested. Don't give up on them man, it took me awhile to get confident with them too.