Designed to fish shallow inshore structure where big, mean boiler bass call home. The long skinny design of the 9 Sledge Hammer imitates the large bait fish such as smelt and mackerel that are frequently found in these skinny water areas. Basically just an elongated version of Big Hammer's 5 1/2 Hammer, the new Sledge Hammer has proven to be much more versatile than originally planned. It swims very well on the sink or drop making it a good deeper water bait as well. In addition to that it can be rigged weedless (click on thumbnail to the right) with a wide gap hook and with the tail intact or as a slug with the tail removed.