Fishing the Rodent (and Bitsy Jig)

We did an awful lot of worm tossing last year, mixing up colors, sizes, and even shapes. We tossed a tube or two (no luck) and a rubber craw (couple smallies). This same style is often used by the pros but with other lures. I'm watching Karl Kalonka flipping for bass in New England lakes and he was pushing two in particular. The first was a Strike King Rodent and the second was the Bitsy Bug Jig with what looked like a frog head with two dangley legs hanging off it. I realize he's sponsored by Strike King and probably caught the 4 or 5 lunkers he showed over several days but the fishing style seems similar and this looks like a nice bridge from same style to different baits.

With both he was hunting out docks and structures and crawling them back to the boat. He was actually lifting them up off the ground a bit more aggressively than I work a worm back with. The rodent he was fishing with a screw top hook (4s, 5s, 6s) and had a small bullet sinker on the front.

He offered a pretty good tip:
When approaching structure don't just cast at it blindly. Find the shadow edge and put your first shot on it. Emphasis on making the most of your first shot and positioning for the shade, not just the structure.

Will put em on the list and report back.