Pencil with a groove proto type

[madcaster]

side groove

[buckethead]

The more I look at that the more I think you might do well twitching it sideways like a spook instead of fishing it like a popper. I think someone else said that as well. Throw it out, twitch, spash, slow erratic action at night or sunrise. Recipe for attacking fish. Good luck you might get to try it on blues soon they are catching them from the surf in LBI