colbypearson

Both sizes, single joint, I kinda like the stock hooks .

I made a plaster mold in a pinch, covered the plaster in 2 part epoxy to get a smooth, non-gritty finish, and its a mold I could still use to this day. I made one for my 7''ers, 9''ers, and even a 7'' tail thats about an inch longer than standard.

Bowling pin, and a dead pheasant.

I'd love to see Matt hop back on a major tour with big time title sponsors and make a TV series out of it like the FLW Circuit Breakers, follow him all season while he dances with to brung him - big baits, and adapts to tournament situations. Because even though STE was the best swimbait tutorial, how-to, impressive big bait production ever made, the fact that dude did what he did in huge tournaments while mostly relying on big baits when applicable to me is damn impressive.

Take that logic and make it the exact opposite, and you're right on more occasions than you're wrong.

I don't really feel like there's that big difference in the two. My PB was on a 68, but the 8'' is still my favorite and I'll tie it on 95 out of 100 times, why? Absolutely no idea. Had better success fishing for smallies with the 68 vs. the 8'', what that means? Nothing. 68 has great swagger in the water, lots of secondary action, I've done best throwing it over points and pulling fish toward the bait. I don't feel like the 68 is better in dirty water, but I do feel like it could be worse in clear water (its worked for me thus far though). I also think its a good bait for guys who have confidence issues with the 8'', the 68 is a killer bait, way better than I would have ever expected initially, thing flat gets bit over and over and over, probably more than the 8'' in terms of quantity, not that it wont get quality, because it will & does.

The lake I fish the most probably gets on par pressure per acre of water as anywhere I've ever been/seen, or just about heard of, and I'm still baffled at how stupid they are *sometimes* thats the thing. Then I fish a lake thats way over a thousand acres, hardly gets fished at all, and I feel like I need a masters degree in freshwater ecology just to see a damn fish half the time, and this is after half a decade of at the end of each year I'd swear I'm about to figure it out. And thats just what it is. Probably just go fishing, and have fun. I guess. That being said I totally get the blood sweat and tears mentality.

Lucky for you, they're way dumber when they can't see 30'.

First year thats not my goal, you make it your goal, goal stealer! Let's plan a trip! March was fantastical.

I think there's a huge gray area in this 'swimbait gig' where people just completely avoid reaction tactics, for whatever reason, and thats got not a whole lot to do with wether a baits hard or soft. More an approach thing.

Less time bitching more time fishing.

Smallie over 7. 25lb ish limit of Smallies on my lakes. Atleast 10 smallies over 5lbs year end cumulative. (Swimbo ) Fish Smarter. No goals for the green ones.

Unless a trout swims over its nose 7 days in a row. It's all circumstantial, I believe a legit bit one knows how where and when to eat. Rounding it all together, 99% of anglers I feel like put their bait where a fish might feed, but completely avoid the other 5 days of the week.

+1 Caught more fish on a glide that I entirely work essentially one speed, with my reel than I did with either of my deps, and its got nothing to do with what baits 'better' just what one got bit for -->me<--. A friend of mine had a custom glide that looked like death warmed over cosmetically and on the retrieve, but he smoked a ton of big fish on it in big tournaments, and won a lot of money, or boats, maybe both? lol You have to throw it in the water, stupid fish eat stupid ish all the time, and they're all stupid sometime. The second you cast out a bait, and cut it off because it didnt swim 5' wide fluid slaloms is the second you limit yourself. Shannon twin spin hair jigs from like fifty years ago catch 4lb smallies, just sharpen the hook.

Oregon sucks! There's some 10's not a lot. If you're North fish smallies, or go to Washington (better fisheries), if you're South fish green. Oh, and more importantly don't call it a 'scene'.

Stuck a lot of big swimbait fish with music playing on the boat. I can't get bit on baits like a hudd if I'm super focused in on the bait, retrieve, feeling the tail thump way too OCD. The best way I can explain it to people fishing with me is that you have to consider all those variables, and adjust accordingly (consider the wind, lighting, clarity, phases, etc... then position the boat, make the cast, and make it happen), and if you can do it without having it cloud your mental (It happens to me on every single cast some days, until I can get past it), then do it. I fish with a few guys who can really just sit there and focus on their line and what not, I just never enjoyed that type of intensity outside of a tournament nearly as much, I also think that they are so focused in on the bait and what its doing they overlook key angles, or overlook the fish entirely. I spend all the idle hours off the water thinking about how to do better, catch bigger, catch more, so I guess at the end of the day, it all levels out. Anyways, don't think music matters as long as your volume is in check. Like Ceaser I'm a music head, I'd probably listen to music 10-15 hours a day on any given day outside of work.

I'd be impressed if they could get the joints farther apart.

They were going for a lot of money a few years ago (For a soft bait... Not cost effective), I only had one buddy fishing them and he was on some giants. Whether it was the bait, or just him is to be decided, but I'm gonna lean on his skill over the bait.

Holy, shittt..... Seriously, seriously, hope that isn't a hook off a megabass hardbait. If it is you put the weakest hooks I've ever used, on a hudd..

I was running #1 gamakatsu bronze round bends, but since switched to #2's for similar reasons, snag a little bit less.

Agree, bb rig is king on anything I throw over 6". Lots of head biters that barely bite past a hudds gill plates I woulda never touched with a hook if it wasn't bb rigged or a close rendition.

Yeah, I'm worried about my post count on this website. Ha. By the way, "Not Allowed" you and your misspelled post. Chase him off, just one more guy who actually knows how to fish to leave the forum......

the dawnfather can do what he wants... But seriously it may be nice to hear how it fishes a hudd or other jig hooked baits.. I mean it was designed for them I'm sure Colby will do an In depth review once he feels he's ready then we can get some information we could use Yep, I've got a few 7+'s and a good amount of 3-6# fish on it. Best 8" Huddleston rod I've personally used.

+100

I bought an XH Okuma like 5 years ago, never broke it, never had a problem with it, still use it, awesome value, thrown 2oz baits on it, thrown 12oz baits on it, caught a DD on it, and a trillion 5's on it, the end.