BadgerStateBassin

Ah I see, that's good to know. I definitely was expecting it to be more of a Hudd type bait that you can crawl. When I say "high rate of retrieve" though, I mean practically burning the bait so it's almost waking on the surface to get the tail to kick. Maybe I just got a bad one? I'll definitely see if boiling the tail helps.

I've got an Ultimate Gill that only has tail kick at very high rates of retrieve. Is this a common issue with these baits, and is there a way to fix it? It's a killer looking bait, would love to get it working right. I've read that boiling the tail may help? Slowly starting to get back into swimbaiting after buying a rod and a few baits a couple years ago but not having the confidence to throw them year round here in Wisconsin.