At first it's hard to have much confidence in these baits and
especially in waters where the big bait hasn't been
proven....yet. It may take you awhile to get the big bait
figured out on your local water but I have no doubt that if
there are big fish there they will eat it regardless if
resembles their natural forage or if it doesn't look anything
they ever saw before. I've seen big baits work in lakes where
the bass had never seen a trout.

Bass are often curious by nature but above all else they are a
fierce predator by instinc. If your lucky you will get the
first one right one away and it will be confidence booster but
if you don't my advice is don't give up on the big bait. Use a
very slow retrieve targeting areas areas where you are
confident that big bass are present. A big bass may be smart
but it's just a matter of time before predator instinct and
currousity will all fall in to an active pattern causing that
fish to strike with ferocious velocity that will probably
startle you on impact. When it does you will be a believer. 

JerryG