Howey,
When I go brown fishing off the piers in FairHaven or Sodus I usually end up losing $15 worth of little Cleos on the rocks per trip. Then I switched to a cheap brand called Rainbow Plastics or Rainbow Lures, something like that. You can find them at Wal-Mart, etc. for 97 cents a piece. I use the 1/4oz silver and green ones and they work great.
I'll be giving them a try tomorrow, then some bullhead fishing tomorrow night.
Good luck,
Randy