I saw those a few months ago. The latest craze. I will go out on a limb a d bet that any smallie that would hit that would hit my regular ol tune jig just the same.
Depends on your situation. Down here we fish the river, and the smallies hold in the rocky areas the most. Getting that jig down to the bottom means a heavy jig, otherwise the current blows it downstream before it has a chance to get down to the rubble.
But a heavy jig also means it goes right to the bottom, and then catches between two rocks while reeling it in and then snagged. You can't always get the boat positioned on the other side of the pinned jig to pop it out backwards. So I'm looking at this rig as a means to get the presentation down there to the bottom right now, yet not get caught between rocks while reeling it back in.
Anyway, it's something to think about while the rivers here continue to rise now with the recent rains.
Had to make a supply run to Uline in Hudson yesterday, and took the river road up the Minnesota side and back down the Wisconsin side. Beautiful day for a trip. Behind every dam there were many, many boats. But the river is up over the islands . . . again. And rising.
Check out the NOAA Advanced Hydrologic Predictions:
https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/forecasts.php?wfo=arxAnd nearby Lynxville is the norm up the big river:
I hope this year isn't a repeat of last year's forever high water events.