Anybody bass with Hot-N-Tots?

[Smells like fish]

Does anybody here cast Hot n Tots for bass? I am wanting to build me a collection of these to keep and use. Either the pre Rapala or post I think I will buy whatever I find used. I saw a guy on YouTube (super strike) bend the metal bill and used them as a top water twitch bait or perhaps a wake bait. I have one of the newer plastic billed lures I was given about 15 years ago but have never tried it. 

[WRB]

As I recall the Storm Hot n Tot was a sinking lure used mostly in the 70's in Puget Sound area trolling for salmon and steelhead. Bass will strike nearly anything that looks like prey.

Tom

[Smells like fish]

31 minutes ago, WRB said:

As I recall the Storm Hot n Tot was a sinking lure used mostly in the 70's in Puget Sound area trolling for salmon and steelhead. Bass will strike nearly anything that looks like prey.

Tom

A voracious predator indeed Tom. i just looked it up and Storm lures began in 1964, I had no idea Storm had been in business that long. I'll be just as satisfied with Hot n Tots as Salmon getters as I would be as bass grabbers, if they never leave the tackle box it won't matter lol

[Bluebasser86]

They're popular walleye trolling baits here. I've tried casting them for bass and never had any luck.

[Dwight Hottle]

I have caught a lot of smallies & walleye on hot & tots. They float but have a metal bill for diving. Basically a crank bait. What makes them so unique is that they hunt when trolled. They dart left then right very erratically hence the term hunt. They dive around 15-17 feet deep on 10 lb braid. Their erratic action makes them a great search bait for smallies either casting or trolling. 

[JediAmoeba]

We always used them trolling for walleye and occasionally hooked a smallie. 

[Choporoz]

I use them like a crankbait, usually targeting 11-14' LMB.  I Pretty much only think about throwing them on sunny days.  The hunt is good and the bill flash is a bonus, even at depth.

[Boomstick]

I have not tried using them but I would imagine they would be good smallie lures. Usually walleye lures also make decent smallie lures.