Mike needs to step up the coatings on the MS slammers although it is a great bait I own many that have spots in the middle joint that he never painted which sucks because water swells in them. As trevor said youll need to coat them with expoxy of polyurathane.. That being said I like the ms slammer much better than ac plugs because its more bouant has a better action (wider lip) and bigger tail that throws good wake. You really need Rob to chime in on this as I know its one of his favorite baits although I have cought lots of decent fish off the slammer nothing much bigger than 6lbs so I am not really an expert