I like them for bass. I usually use the 1/4 oz in white or yellow. They can be a little aggravating if the wire gets bent and sometimes the spinner blade doesn't want to spin at all.
A 1/4 oz yellow shyster used to be one of my favorites, but they got really hard to find. They were much more reliable than the Roostertail and the spinner blade much quicker to start spinning on retrieve.
