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Oops, messed up the order, the Silver Trout and Royal Trout are swapped! The Silver Trout is my favorite pattern of the lot.

Got the last of the Huddleston Extinct Series trouts today, I believe Ken said the six he released were going to be the full run. From left to right - Alvord Yellowfin Cutthroat Cutthroat Royal Trout Silver Trout Blackfin Cisco

A few Burritos are back in stock - Ayu Taquitos, White Gills, 7.5" and 9" line thrus.

With the prices of some of these baits, I like how some people keep provenance as they change hands.

The alumni looks pretty good to be honest, but yeah knockoffs/copycats happen all the time in pretty much every industry. it's the deceptive labeling to get a premium price that's the dirty tactic and has no place anywhere.

+1 for Japan Lure Shop, SS are cheap enough to buy 2 and experiment!

Since this is about JSJ, Monster Bait has the JSJ Snack Sized Bluegills for $114.99 + $2.50 shipping, but only listed on eBay not on their website. They do have the Hitch 6 on sale for $29.99 on their website as well.

Lake Fork Tackle put some more Burrito Baits up - Taquitos(bluegill/gizzard/white) and 7.5" line thru Slim Shads (gizzard). I took one of the three 7.5's left, and the last 9" Magnum .

I was excited I read this so quickly but those are pretty big baits (11"), and are $99 each! Was hoping they were going to be more along the lines of a Hudd 68 in terms of size and price! But if anyone is looking for a 10" Hudd this might be a better option.

Pretty sweet deal! A Gigantarel and a Ganterel Jr will put you over the $75...decisions decisions.

Question to everyone about storing swimbaits - I know inside room temperature is preferred but spacewise the garage is what works best. While there isn't much humidity here, the garage can get pretty hot in the summer heat. Anyone know of any issues with certain baits expanding/warping (Hudds, wood/resin baits, etc) with high heat temps? They'll be in a corner with zero sunlight/UV, just the temperatures.

Slow shipments when you order directly from the Hudd site is kind of a known thing. You'll get your baits, it just might take longer than you normally would expect.

I'm still new to the swimbait game and I get discouraged pretty quickly if I don't get bit or see anything happening. I also have a pretty short attention span so throwing something for a long period of time over and over again with no result is very difficult, it's like repeating the same level in a video game over and over again and not making any progress. I've only been bass fishing for about 4 years so I still get enough of an adrenaline rush from catching a bunch of 1-2lb bass to be happy. My impression of swimbait users are that they have caught so many small bass in such large numbers that it doesn't register on their adrenaline meter anymore, and they need the bigger fish to get that rush. They've jumped the 1 foot ramp on a dirt bike enough times where they now need to jump the 10 foot ramp. If the 3-5 lb bass are still giving you a rush, no shame in targeting them.

Anything over 10 mph and I handle it by packing up and going home!

No Battle Shads left but they did get in some more of the Limited Edition Big Bass Measuring Boards!