Sounds like you guys did ok out there :) Sorry to hear that the 15 got off. Did you find any hook setups on the huddleston that did work well for you? I don't understand why, but I have heard similar things as you're describing where fish are eating the 8" Huddleston bait completely and not getting hooked somehow. It doesn't make sense logically because the bait is not all that big and it's pretty soft. I 'missed' some bed fish on it but that's totally normal when fish just nip at it or don't eat it all the way. The one fish that did eat it I caught, but I haven't been bit on it casting and retrieving.

Tackle Warehouse is trying to get Huddlestons just like they are trying hard to get all of the different hard to get big baits. If and when Tackle Warehouse gets the baits, they'll typically go on the site that day. They work really hard over there to make sure that their inventory is accurate online so that you know whether or not they have the baits in stock when you order. It's the best they can do when supply on most of these baits is very limited and demand is high.

www.huddlestondeluxe.com says they have the baits so now would be a good time to order one from him direct if you need one right now.