hey fish n hide, I grew up fishing buzzbombs, probly got more hours then I need to comment but heres what my success is for them, I use the 2.5 inch in green pearl or green and yellow casting from beach. the hot pink work well in a strait retrieve. 2 inch buzzbombs in the colors above work deadly in shallow water 2ft or less on a steady slow retrieve, and cutthroat cant resist a 2incher on a strait retieve, my favorite now is I paint them glow white with the bottom for the hook bright pink, caught 20 humpies in 2 hrs at possesion bar casting in 300ft of water in the middle of the day out 80 degrees, dont get much better than that, probly your most versitle lure around. tight lines, Ben