Hey Jaysuuun,
I'm gonna hit up Newport Harbor on Saturday to give these things a try. Will you and Tess be fishing on that day. We can keep a lookout for you. I'll be with my 11 year old daughter. She loves reading your posts on spotties.
I have fished them for many years and your posts remind me of the days when I used to float around in a truck tire inner tube (this was literally before they invented float tubes for fishing) and get pulled around by big spotties in there.
I'm used to working the plastics and hope that I can find the right spot (and patience) to catch something on these baits.