Yes sir..If I see a school of bass jumping I'll cast ahead of them and keep the Rooster about a foor underneath the top.
BUT mostly..I count down to see how deep the water is..and let the Rooster touch the bottom..then I sweep the rod to get the willow leaf turning..and reel just fast enough to make sure spinner is spnning correctly / keeping it about a foot off the bottom..Every monster was caught like this..
It's also the easiest lure for fish to shake.
so keep a tight line.
I try to match the hatch..our bass mostly fish on small 2 inch gizzard shad...thus the reason why most of my spinner baits are white.
Good luck
C7
Every bass I 've hooked over 10 pounds was hooked on a Rooster Tail..I've changed the hooks on mine though to one size bigger and red..that diffently seemed to generate a few more strikes..