While I was in vegas I picked up some huddleston swimbaits @ bps since we don't have them here... 2 6" trouts and 10 4" shads, what are your favorite ways to use these? And one what setup? I can't wait to use them

6" hud trout, ROF 5 or 12 ?

For the ROF 5 you don 't need a swimbait rod, a heavy power rod is enough. Normally I just cast, allow to sink ( count down ) to the depth I belive the fish are holding and reel in steadily.

theyre rof 12s

What....??? No 8" Hudd's..? 

I have a couple 6" weedless Hudd's..I like to bottom bounce them, or use a VERY slow retrieve, with a pause every 20 seconds or so, you could add a slight twitch too. I throw my 6" on my inshore rod, either with a Chronarch, or a Curado 301. Line, 20lb yozuri ultrasoft, or 55 lb Samurai braid.

Question for Hammer4 or anyone else who has used the 6" weedless Hud, how is the hooking ratio and do you have a preferred method to increase it? The reason I ask is because I have a couple of them but haven't fished it yet but it seems from the design that it would be more difficult to land fish with the weedless Hud than most other baits.

Question for Hammer4 or anyone else who has used the 6" weedless Hud, how is the hooking ratio and do you have a preferred method to increase it? The reason I ask is because I have a couple of them but haven't fished it yet but it seems from the design that it would be more difficult to land fish with the weedless Hud than most other baits.

Let them eat it and swing hard.

Think frog fishing in the slop.

Well, as Speedbead mentioned it, let them eat the bait before trying to set the hook, then set it hard, actually they are not too difficult for the fish to collapse the bait and expose the hook.

Ditto on what Speed said, I would just add, that when you set the hook, swing for the fences, and come straight up with the rod tip. I've found out the hard way, that a side type sweeping motion doesn't work so swell.. ;D