It's a slow sinking bait that swims in an "S" pattern on retrieve. When it sinks it sways back and forth in the S manner but it isn't as exaggerated. I'm not sure what the sink rate is but very close to a Hudd 5. I have had success on varying my retrieves. Definately a solid bait but it will take a little time to find the sweet speed and swim patterns to get bit.