A guide on Lake Fork turned me on to this. He was throwing a Chartruse Chatter Bait with a white 3.5 inch swim bait, he took off the Chatter Bait skirt, said it hinders the required water movement to really "thump". And it looks REALLY awesome in the water. Don't know if a bait like that would work here in Illinois, but for you guys lucky enough to live close by big bass waters...give it a try.