Sonny's is maybe the best of the stuff I've ever found. I almost always use fresh shad these days, but keep a tub of Sonny's in my boat for emergencies. Last weekend, I was feeling too lazy to throw the net for shad...so given that emergency, I used Sonny's to catch five nice 2-3# channels in a couple hours.
One time, a friend of mine and his wife were going fishing and asked what I used. They were only ocassional fishermen, so I gave them some Sonny's. I explained a little about how to use it, but they apparently weren't good listeners either. When they got back, they were like, "Man that stuff is a MESS...How in the world do you stand it?"
Turned out they were trying to roll it into balls with their hands, and put it on treble hooks like the old type dough baits... :lol: