Hudd Gill Chunks

[BassObsessed]

Today I had alot of running around to do and along the trip I stopped at my private pond to pellet feed the fish. One of my rods had a rig walker swimbait tied on so I threw that along the windblown bank and a big bass whacked it hard. She pulled like a tank. I didn't weigh her but it was chunky had to be in the 4.5lb class. I didn't think to throw the Hudd Gill and probably would have got nailed by the same bass. One of my clients was going to meet me at the honeyhole so off I went. He was flyfishing and I threw the Hudd Gill in along a laydown way out in the water and immediately a bass choked it down. I threw again to another laydown in the same area and as soon as the bait swam past a branch sticking out of the water a big bass ( looked to be 4+lbs) grabbed the Gill and got wrapped around the branch as I was trying to set the hook. Ended up losing the fish after she got off the branch. Several casts in the same spot resulted in no takers so I moved down to another laydown. There were numerous bass that were smacking the bait and a few that would eat it but after a hookset  attempt they were off. A stinger hook on the bottom would really help catch more but it's real risky with all the wood magnets underwater. Ended up catching a total of 3 or 4 bass on the Hudd Gill before we headed out of there. I'm going to see if I can rig up a stinger hook and only throw that setup in certain waters.

 

 A chunky bluegill from one of my private ponds caught by a client.

[1234567]

Nice report in the hudd gill and my god that bluegill is fat. What line and rod were you throwing the hudd gill on?

[Senko lover]

Boy those are nice bass but that bluegill takes the cake! Dang it's fat!

[fisherrw]

Boy those are nice bass but that bluegill takes the cake! Dang it's fat!

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