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Some saltwater things I've learned.
If you want your darter to dig, push the nose loop back further onto the slope. Yours is ahead of the brow and that will make the plug more stable, but also run shallower. The very front of the wire loop could be as much as 1/8" behind the brow of the plug. Too far and the plug will start to roll, but there is a sweet spot just ahead of that where it will dig deep and work hard side to side.
If you want depth, the conrad is a good design, but swims slow and fish often track it, striking when it is paused. That may be more a bass than muskie behavior, since bass inhale rather than impale their prey. From a boat you can get it pretty deep, particularly if you hold your rod down in the water.
A slopehead design, using a high slot lip that has been re-bent to a more acute angle also can get you down 10+ feet and work there faster than the conrad.
The bottle darter, is another stable design that digs quite deep at speed and has a fairly tight fast wiggle. They don't "dart" much. I'll bet a musky would like 'em though.
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