This Is The Greatest Big Soft Swimbait Ever Made! The 8" Huddleston Deluxe!

[@Hoveyish]

Great video! Just picked up a few for trout stocking season in Northern Illinois!

[@muggleborn0]

That 2nd hook set! You made sure that bass was brought in. Nice catch man.

[@thehookuptackle_usa]

Hahaha I knew I had to really hit him when he came back for it 🤣

[@sorberlytotal]

Havrnt got one on my 8" hudds but i love catching them on the 68's

[@thehookuptackle_usa]

Those 68’s are pure money! I need to start fishing mine more!

[@buckbrunner1953]

Great info, awesome episode! " I just got wrecked..." love it!

[@jenlvjim]

You were pumped up. Awesome

[@JRJFISHING]

That was a sick photo of that 10in Choke. I super agree with the rof 5 for bottom and the rof 12 for cranking. Wish I had this info 20 snag Huds ago. lol

[@thehookuptackle_usa]

Hahaha same dude. I lost sooo many hudds when I first started fishing them 🤣

[@castandchill]

i haven't bought any but plan to so def glad to hear this now

[@Twangtown7]

Hey guys, LOVE the new website! Soooo much better.

[@kayakfishingforpredators9107]

Thanks Geoff for this episode especially the scenes on the boat. Hilarious moments and Great Tips, keep on Recording and Uploading 😎👍

[@thehookuptackle_usa]

Haha thanks man for watching! 🙏

[@BassRaider]

Thanks for the video!🤙

[@StrongMindTV233]

Just found a set of a Huddleston 68 and an 8” for 45$ both are OG’s cant wait to join the Hudd club

[@KCMWM]

Great video Geoff. Appreciate the info! I do believe the tail action when still in the water is the difference with good baits. Is that correct?

[@galva777tx]

Good info. Geoffrey. 👍🏼👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼

[@thehookuptackle_usa]

Thanks for always watching the videos my friend! 🤙

[@galva777tx]

@@thehookuptackle_usa your very welcome.

[@bigmikefishingchonicles9950]

thank you sir

[@edpelkey7798]

Awesome video Geoff, thanks for the great tips 👍

[@thehookuptackle_usa]

Thanks for tuning in Ed! Appreciate the view!

[@Fishin480]

I love the hand shake after that big bass lol

[@bernjwallace6877]

Love the products you guys sell. I wish y’all shipped to PO Boxes cause I’d definitely be buying stuff.

[@Capper69]

You should check out the daiwa lexa reels I dig em plus I’ve caught 15+lb yellowfin on both models and seen people bring in smaller class(40-80lb) bluefin with them that’s why I chose them as my swim bait reel

[@johnwolff1043]

I don’t know about the latest version of the Lexa but the couple year old model (blue with Winn handles) were very problematic. $200 reel that i couldn’t sell on the swimbait or Daiwa forums. Nobody would even consider buying it.

[@RyanSmith-fb8rf]

@@johnwolff1043 they had a problem with the clutch engaging on the cast with those models and it would strip the gears so they upgraded the clutch on the Lexa HD’s and went to stainless gears and pinion to fix the problem. Most of the issues came from the single power handle causing the clutch to engage. You shouldn’t have an issue with the paddle handle though. They are still great reels and I actually prefer them over my Shimano Tranx 300 because of the breaking system on the Diawa is easier to work with

[@daniels4227]

Question, sir. I just bought a gizzard shad 68 special to fish here in IL. I'm super exited to fish it this spring in lakes in this area. Should I use braid with it?

[@bassinbilliards6279]

Do you ever scent the bait? A light boil will clear the plastic smell but I'm wondering if spraying some shad scent or something would be more appealing while it's dragging slow.

[@FMxASSASSIN]

What pound fluoro do you use for the 10inch thinking about getting it, was thinking about using 30pound fluoro

[@Twangtown7]

"I told you I got SMOOOOOKED"!

[@DAVIZZY69]

May i ask between the daiwa DX swim bait or the dobyns fury whats a better rod for huddleston? I hear the dobyns is better for trebbles. But idk.

[@DAVIZZY69]

Does the hudd ROF 5. 8inch come with the hook?

[@hunterbull7804]

I don’t know if you have heard Matt Allen’s story of where he caught his pb of 17lbs on a Hudd. There’s a story about it on Bassmaster’s website. It’s such a crazy story.

[@thehookuptackle_usa]

Yup, his story is crazy, such a giant bass!

[@jenlvjim]

What is your opinion on the Huddleston 68 special?

[@emiltidstrand8006]

If you want to bottom rig it just make a shallow pike rig. Kinda similar to how one rigs a dead baitfish. Afw is awesome for this.

[@Raulmore07]

Sadly, here in Spain is totally impossible to get one, I mean, people don't even know absolutly nothing about the Hudds, and import one of you guys of the States is (understandably) very expensive... so, SHAME ON US hahaha Keep up the good content guys, greetings from your Spanish dude! hahaha

[@shmack916]

You need a hud? I'd ship one to ya pimpin

[@MsRodrigo989898]

Saludos desde México

[@nickcosta88]

Can the Levante Leviathan handle the 8in?

[@mikegaston3170]

Cray Zee Bass fisher... Nice vid

[@thehookuptackle_usa]

Thanks Mike for watching the video! 🔥🤙

[@ComunismoJamas]

Good Info .. When we going to have DRT ... 😳 ⁉️

[@bryanmoffitt5823]

Drt baits are the shizzle!

[@thehookuptackle_usa]

Maybe very soon actually 👀🤐

[@ComunismoJamas]

@@thehookuptackle_usa I will keep my eyes 👀 on it

[@castandchill]

do you get hung up a lot draggin bottom with an exposed hook on top like that ?

[@thehookuptackle_usa]

The part that gets stuck is actually the nose of the bait. The jig hook rarely ever gets snagged on anything. The nose will wedge itself in between rocks and other things to get snagged.

[@castandchill]

@@thehookuptackle_usa ahh right on

[@pixel7051]

Yo what happened to the website?

[@DAVIZZY69]

I bought the rof 5 but i hear a lot of people say the 12 is the best one. So now im second guessing. 😔

[@jerryfoster5348]

I think because the treble hook on the rof 0 was killing fish raking and hooking their gills its what i heard

[@thehookuptackle_usa]

If you had rigged it the STE way, yeah, it would kill a lot of fish, but a single treble on the bottom did great.

[@KrisAtKSO]

Would the tequila baccarac from megabass be able to throw the 8 inch Huds

[@jeremytjensvold9936]

I think Ken took the bottom hook option away because it was gilling trophy size bass and killing them.

[@Steven_Carlson]

bottom hook hanger was removed due to people complaining that it made an unnatural sound when bottom bouncing on rocks.

[@thehookuptackle_usa]

Wow, I hadn’t heard of that before, that’s a trip haha. He should of at least kept it on the rof 0 which would make sense

[@Steven_Carlson]

@@thehookuptackle_usa that is what I heard from some og's in the swimbait community. unsure if it's true or not but they're very knowledgeable people.

[@michaelbrooks6976]

I think the bottom hook hanger got removed to prevent fish getting hooked in the gills and killing them. When a big bass eats the hudd they choke it....guess where that bottom hooks going to get them, THE GILLS

[@Steven_Carlson]

@@michaelbrooks6976 that also makes a lot of sense. quite frankly I'm sure there are more than one sole reason why it got removed.

[@jimwarden9617]

Dude...0 available. Why do this vid?

[@thehookuptackle_usa]

I made this video quite a while back actually when we had more in stock. Posting it now just helps those guys that already have bought them

[@Capper69]

I don’t know if you live in California but turners outdoors has all of them in stock usually atleast a few weeks ago when I was there and their 2 dollars cheaper than tackle warehouse