More fishing nonsense. I caught a number of smallmouth, and a few walleye, on Deps Cover Scats last week. In the past, I have caught many other species including largemouth, crappie, pike, and even a snapping turtle. I primarily use the 3.5" size but I will use the 2.5" version if I feel like I need a smaller bait. Since this is a weightless soft plastic lure, the larger sized ones can be cast further and give you a bit more feeling as you move them through the water or across the bottom. They have a a berry high salt content (for density), are extremely aerodynamic, and are weighted toward the rear, so casting distance is truly exceptional. Having a versatile, long-casting, weedless bait is berry helpful at times.
These unusual looking baits can be fished in a number of ways. They wobble a bit while sinking and dart erratically with twitches or pulls. The most effective method is generally fishing it like a jerk bait with relatively long snapping motions, maybe 18" or so, followed by pauses that allow it to sink. Fish will grab it when it's sinking, but the twitches will draw reactive strikes as well. You can mix up the cadence and depth however you like, and I find irregular patterns to generally be best.
You can also drag or hop Cover Scats across the bottom like you might with a structure jig, but this needs to be done slowly as plastic is obviously not as dense as lead or tungsten and will sink less rapidly. A slow, bottom-contact-based retrieve works well in cold water or for fish that are clinging to the bottom and are not active enough to feed upwards.
Cover Scats can function passably as a top water lure as well. It is not easy to do, but you can walk it like a spook style bait with rapid, sharp pops and a fast retrieve.
I have found hook selection is more important than it generally is for both hookup ratios and weedless performance with these baits. Scats are thick and dense with atypical proportions where the hook exits the bait. Many wide gap worm hooks cant be texposed and/or don't have an appropriate bend to creat sufficient exposed hook gap upon a bite. I tried at least half a dozen hooks before settling on Ryugi Infini Offset Wide Gap Worm Hooks. The 5/0 is perfect for the 3.5" Scat and the 2/0 is equally nice for the 2.5" version. Scats can tear easily at the nose of the bait, so I sometime use a medium or small Hayabusa Trailer Lock Soft Bait Keeper at the front. The keeper can snag vegetation and algae, so it is not always helpful.
As far as colors go, I like the Baby Cherry Blossom/Sakura blossom the most. It is a nice matte grey with no glitter, etc. and is my first choice for most conditions. Other colors are appropriate at times, and I like to have a bright high contrast option for dirty water or to attract active fish from a greater distance. I had a lot of success with the both the gray and Indy Gill colors last week and caught a few Walleye on the small sized scats in green pumpkin. Interestingly, bass don't have the cones to see blue light, so their color perception is berry different than ours. I included a simulated image of the Indi Gill Scat for a person with Tritanopia. Bass wood probably see something similar.
https://www.color-blindness.com/coblis-color-blindness-simulator/