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This is how they come and this is how they will stay lol.

alos had this one repainted by brock.Looked great but i don't know just didn't perform the same as original.Paint was thicker heavier.Just wasn't the same fluid action at least in my mind.Looked great but just something about it i wasn't comfortable with.May have just been me though.No confidence in it

It swam more to one side kind of leaned.Paint was also alot thicker so it didn't float as well as my others.Also hinges were kind of tight think when he took apart to repaint joints that he forced them in alittle too much or may have used something else may have broke original pins and replaced.Also it has replaced homemade tail.Don't think it really affected it too much but alot thinner of plastic or lexan used that is forsure.

Thanks Dave, Yeah i agree i too love and would use hinge style.And again it would be hard to not look familiar trying to make the most realistic bait possible cause all gills and shads trout look the same lol.Well here is my repaint 8in fs trout looks similar to one in pic but its not.I think JFish painted it and was just a test job.So he sold it too me cheap and told me about it and all that so i didn't get ripped off or anything.Repaint did mess with action and paint just peeled off and turned yyellow with cheap clear coating.Hope this helps.But look at lines and scales and patterns looks just like yours in pic

+1 both have time and place.Have had many bites on gills in summer months and same for trout. Honestly just have to work bait and put in right spot.Anybait will just about catch fish but getting it in right spots and working it the way they want it is the hard part.I personally like gill baits for my area casue we are a non trout fed lake.Gills are stacked in lakes round here and it is main forage for alot of places.But trout is something diffrent that they haven't seen so alot of times think that truely helps aswell.Hell fish them both can't go wrong with eitherone honestly Good luck

Please understand i would never wanna start a drama fest or anything like that.I truely think morgans baits look amazing and sure he is a great guy and all that. But in my opinion he took fs idea and made his own interpritation of it.Same for the shad concept.I understand it isn't same measurements or weights but you honestly can't tell me that 3:16 came out with fs styel baits then all of a sudden these baits come out just a tweek here and there.Hey if that is what you do and it works then hey more power too ya.I am not Mickeys Boy or Morgans enemy just calling it like i see it.I think morgans gill for price is excellent PLUS available so big UP in my department.I truely Don't wanna down Morgan lures in anyway when i said Knockoff kind of came out wrong honestly meant more of same concept or idea.Again Morgan LUres if you read or anyone who is interesed in Morgan baits please don't let this persuade you from getting one.It was just brought up in thread that is was an imitation and Morgan styel bait came closest to what i could think of to a fs style or could be mistaken for bait.Again No DISRESPECT MORGAN BAITS OR ASSOCIATES :)And would never say Morgan would advetise as 3:16 amyways back to original thread looks like 3:16 just redone terribly i have a pic of mine just can't post to large so will work on getting it up and let you see what a bad repaint on 3:16 will turnout like Thanks SU and sorry if i said anything wrong or disrespected anyone never my intention

The bait looks nothing like a freestyle bluegill? At all? I'm holding it in my hand, 100% different dimensions and swim. My comment was it looks like the fs gill but weird...... it has same hinges basically same bait but cheap knockoff.Now if all the baits that fella makesa aren't basic knocloffs of 3:16 then you have no idea what the hell your on about.. Of coarse dimensions are alittle diff swim alittle diff but basically the same bait with tiny adjustments.Tell ya what guys who read this and know about the gill i'm talking about tell me what you think?if they are made after one another of two completely diffrent concepts.

Morgan custom lure is the shad and gill just like fs kind of knockoff has piano hinges and look