Originally Posted by
surfstix1963
The most important thing when fishing these is not to lose contact w/ the lure at all, bass like to follow swimmers and often whack it when they realize its getting away.
When you buy one of these lures take it for a test swim make sure you know what that particular lure is made to do when you buy it if you don't know ask.The reason for test swimming these is you will be more than likely fishing in the dark and you want to know ahead of time the lure is swimming right.
You can make adjustments to the line tie if you want it to swim higher on top bend the line tie down and up to dig deeper.I would suggest to you not to mess with the metal lip if the plug is swimming that badly take it back to where you bought it and get it replaced.