Just got back from a 4 week trip to an un-named lake. I had about every swimbait known to man and I will let you know how they produced. 7" Stocker Trout was very good at getting follows. Keep in mind these evaluations of lures could be distorted because I couldnt fish all the baits all the time. First of all the lake is extremely clear so this might help yall who fish clear lakes. Tap water clear and the fish are very big and smart. Stocker Trout got alot of follows. Optimums went ignored. Castaic Trout got follows and 1 5 lber. Rago Live Trout hardbait got some monster follows up to 14 lbs. Rago Rat was the most impressive as far as monster follows, including one that would go 16+. Only 3 commited bites to the rat, one was 10, one was 7 and the other got off. 9" slammer was excellent at getting large follows. Only one committed strike and she weighed 8 lbs. Stocker trout got a couple 8 lb commited strikes. With all this said, out of the 4 weeks the best swimbait vote went to the Huddleston. She won the competition in my mind with the most commited strikes where the fish inhaled the lure whole. I will not comment on how many got off or how many made it to the boat mainly due to rigging problems that I had to sort out. A sammy produced many follows a 9 lber blow up on it, and some 4 lb spotted bass. Does not count but just for the heck of it I will mention that the biggest fish that I hooked during the 4 weeks, looked 15+, give or take a few lbs I suppose although over time I have gotten pretty good at estimating when I see them in the water. She bit a huddleston.

Does anybody know why Tackle Warehouse does not carry Huddleston trout's and if they plan to in the near future? I don't really want to send a check in directly and I don't wanna use paypal unless I have to....Thanks..

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