The cuts and pockets in the bluffs on the Kings are stuffed with wood, layers deep. Some of the banks have a bunch of wood on them on the lower Kings. I imagine some of it is out there floating around now.
The Senko is a certainly a bait that every plastics manufacturer out there has copied. Hard to beat the GYCB Senko, which I assume is the original, but as Ham mentioned, they are so fragile.
Yeah, 918 would be fun this spring. Good for the fry survival also. More rain in the forecast for next week, but so far they are saying it won't be heavy.
The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2) is another good one.
A good, but somewhat obscure, Jack Nicholson movie is The last Detail.
The Sand Pebbles is another good oldie.
Some other baits that have worked for me over at the local warm-water lake:
http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Keitech_Live_Impact_Worm_10pk/descpage-KLI.html
and
http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Keitech_Sexy_Impact/descpage-KEISXIM.html
I'm still using the cut in half Zinker. Looking at pics of the TRD, I'd probably put the bumpy end as the head. I don't know if it would make any difference however.
I haven't had hardly any problems deep hooking fish with the Ned. I deep hook more fish with c-rigs or T-rigs. And that #2 hook that I like to use on the Neds is easy to pop out if they do get it deep. I'm not saying that because I'm trying to sell people on using the Ned, that is just what I've seen from fishing it.