Should surface plugs float?

[Pete F.]

I have had good luck with sinking spooks, poppers and howdy/ballerinas.
Are commercial ones made to float to please fisherman?
I find fish are willing to take a plug that looks like an injured fish struggling below the surface even when they will not hit one on top.

[crash]

A surface plug doesn't need to float, it just needs the ability to be worked on the surface. Polais poppers are the perfect example.

[Raven]

is to get them to suspend just below the surface...

and a quick flip of the rod can get it up on top...

thats the magic of a sluggo if its ... weighted right.

the slow ....rate of fall triggers many strikes

[Saltheart]

I like poppers to be almost neutral boyant to just barely sinking. I can keep that kind on top but can't get a floater to sink a little which i sometimes like so i can break the surface with it when I jerk the line. I'm thinking poppers.