The Huddleston Grass Minnow

Lets see, about time to refresh the home page you think?  Don't worry, I'm still a swimbait nut, but learning to downsize as I get more and more entrenched into competing on the FLW and BassMaster level.  The Huddleston Grass Minnow has been catching fish for me all over the country, and I'm getting more refined at fishing it.



The Grass Minnow weighs approx 1/2 ounce, and comes with a super needlepoint single frog hook hidden in the bait.  Extreme weedless design and subtle tail kick make this an excellent choice in clear(er) water, and certainly around vegetation.  One new facet to my Grass Minnow fishing has been using 50# P-Line Spectrex Braid.  Yes, I think I finally found an application of braid and swimbait fishing I really like.  I'm using a G-Loomis 964 rod, a Shimano Curado 200SF reel, and whip casting these little baits around the grass and yanking 'em out.  You really get an appreciation for braid if you spend much time around Okeechobee.

Here is a collage of Grass Minnows, custom colors included just to make you hate me:



The hookup ratio is NOT 100%, but with braided line, I added about another 15-20%, and will tell you I can get around 85-90% of my bites in the boat. 



I've now caught fish on Guntersville, Pickwick, and Okeechobee on the Grass Minnow.  Thats the last 3 lakes I've fished with any vegetation.  Here is a recent Grass Minnow in action shot from Okeechobee, somewhere between the Monkey Box and Kings Bay:



And don't think for a minute I don't have the one-two punch in mind.  My work in progress continues, and you can bet I won't be very vocal about fish I find that eat the 6" Weedless Huddleston until after tournament time, but for your viewing pleasure, understand I see the 6" Weedless Trout and the Grass Minnow as hand in glove: