Hi: I've fished the Stamp and the Gold; have pulled some Hot shots time and again.
I've found that gold # 35 hot shots work quite well....try painting the lip black, cover with smeely jelly and run them about 35-40 feet in front of the boat. Keep the two plugs the same distance out from the boat and use a 8.5 mediun action road.
Hot shots have to tuned to make sure their running straight. When pulling them beside the boat, make sure that they are running straight...if the water is 3 ft of vis try a metallic pink or metallic red,with the bill's painted black.th this is a very effective way of covering the tailouts of pools.
tight lines
steve