Huddleston 8" Trout Swimbait

[Grizzn N Bassin]

I just got my huddleston swimbait. Anybody catch any hogs on these in your local lake or pond?

[Bluebasser86]

I don't have any 8" Hudds, yet, but I do have a few 6" baits. Our bass just don't get very big very often. I have yet to catch a big fish on one of my 6" Hudds but I have been fishing them at a lake that is normally tough just to catch a 15" keeper largemouth and catching quite a few very solid 16-19 inch fish that I'm convinced must ignore every other presentation.

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Here's a little one- 3.75 pounds. 8" ROF5 hudd in hitch.

Caught a few bigger than that one too. The one in my avatar went 8 lbs 6 ozs.

[Grizzn N Bassin]

will the bass in my ponds and lakes hit these lures with no trout species in them it will be the first time for them seeing this bait

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will the bass in my ponds and lakes hit these lures with no trout species in them it will be the first time for them seeing this bait

Big bass eat (comparatively) little baitfish anywhere; at least that's the way I like to think (because I don't know any better)

Both of these northern strains were caught earlier this year from a non trout-stocked reservoir.

Unknown weight, but probably a 7+. 8" ROF5 hudd in rainbow.

8.25 lbs, 8" ROF5 hudd in hitch.

[Bluebasser86]

will the bass in my ponds and lakes hit these lures with no trout species in them it will be the first time for them seeing this bait

There may be no trout but if there's big bass then there's little bass and they aren't shy about eating each other. You may want to check out something like a Mattlures bluegill if they don't eat the Hudd. Pretty much every body of water with bass is going to have bluegill in it and you won't find better bluegill imitation.

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There may be no trout but if there's big bass then there's little bass and they aren't shy about eating each other. You may want to check out something like a Mattlures bluegill if they don't eat the Hudd. Pretty much every body of water with bass is going to have bluegill in it and you won't find better bluegill imitation.

Grizzn, you could also check out Matt's tournament series swimbaits. They are soft plastic, around 6" and 2 ozs; comes in two rates of fall. Swims great at slow speeds, and what's very important for me, they don't roll over on the bottom. They are a little small for my liking personally, so I don't throw them as much as I should.

You can match any hatch with these, since they come in all baitfish forms and shapes- bass, shad, catfish, shiner, trout and more!

The fact that Matt is a super-cool and knowledgeable guy too doesn't hurt either!

[SPEEDBEAD.]

Not on a Hudd, but it was an 8" trout bait from a little pond that has never had a single trout in it.

These baits will catch fish of all sizes, you just have to become proficient with them and give them time. It's not something you go out with for an hour every trip and consistenly catch fish on. Leave the little stuff at home if you really want to learn.

[Grizzn N Bassin]

yeah im just going to start throwing them all the time and if a day im feeling confident ill throw it all day.. i want a bass over 10 thats what im going for ive caught a bunch of 6, 7 ,8, and one 9 but i want to get a biggin for a mount on my wall.. of course of course its going to be a replica !! Do you guy just use your normally line and every thing? i got 17 lb test on mine think that enough?

[North Ga Hillbilly]

I've used 20 pound CXX, but feel more comfortable with 25# CXX, which truthfully is closer to 30#I believe.

As far as there being trout, or not being trout, I've never seed a 10" worm slinking along the bottom of any pond, but bass sure seem to like em.

NGaHB

[mikeeasttn]

I fish the 8" Hudd quite a bit and where I fish you might make up to 4 or 5 trips before you get a hookup on a large fish. Just keep fishing and the Hudd will catch fish. Also I use 30# P-Line CXX on a ABU Ambassedeur Reel 6600C4 reel on a Shimano XH Swimbait Rod. If you do hook up with one over 10 you want the equipment to be able to give you the edge. Fish over 10#'s are incredibly strong.

Go to Southern Trout Eaters web site and it will tell you what kind of equipment is the best for each size bait. I hope I am not breaking a rule telling you to go to another site but these guys on STE site know what they are talking about as most only fish these swimbaits.

[North Ga Hillbilly]

Only thing I will say againt STE, which is a video I really enjoyed and gave me the drive to keep chunkin big baits, is that they use way more hooks than I think you need. I know I've missed a few smaller fish due to only using one small top hook, but I think all the hooks on the bottom lead to dead fish.

NGaHB

[mikeeasttn]

I agree with NGH on the hooks they put on the Hudds. With the bottom hooks you can not crawl a 16 Hudd over the bottom as sometimes I think you need to.

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Do you guy just use your normally line and every thing? i got 17 lb test on mine think that enough?

Butch Brown uses 20 lb Seaguar Fluoro.

The recommendation on the huddleston website is to use 20-30 lb mono.

[1234567]

Only thing I will say againt STE, which is a video I really enjoyed and gave me the drive to keep chunkin big baits, is that they use way more hooks than I think you need. I know I've missed a few smaller fish due to only using one small top hook, but I think all the hooks on the bottom lead to dead fish.

NGaHB

Agree with both posts. I use 25# Pline CXX and rig it BB way, not exact as I tie with 80 pound braid to the eye, but same concept.

[mikey5string]

nice fish deep, need to work on your photoshop masking though ; )

[iceintheveins]

My buddy catches 3 - 4 pound bass by the barrelf ull on a lake that generally doesn't have trout.