Man, you can do anything with them. I use them as top water, but when i come to an open pocket of grass, I'll kill the retreive and let it sink into the opening.....HUGE BITES! Sometimes I'll keep it on top and if the bass are biting it on the top, its hard to have more fun anywhere else you can think of. Top water bassing is a blast. Also, when the head of the frog is torn to oblivion, cut the frog in half about 1cm above where the body meets the legs, and you now have a pretty good jig trailer. Those legs create a lot of distrubance and are good trailers for swim jigs or faster jigging presentations.