Neal,
Two weeks ago while chasing carp, a buddy and I found some nice looking structure and gave it a go for LMB. I was throwing an olive “slumpbuster,” one of John Barr’s patterns. The bass could not get enough of it. I also keep it in white and chart., but olive was the color for that day. My buddy was producing some mid-size fish on clousers tied on a Gama. SC-15 with olive and white kiptail. I really do not even use bucktail for clousers anymore, unless I need some longer pieces for stripers. Give the kiptail (calf) a try; I think you will like them quite a bit.
Dusty