3 hours ago, MDBowHunter said:

Dont always look at that though, a lot of times some of these baits are a bunch of hype and these kids buy them up. I've heard nothing but great things about the donuts though, but don't own one myself. I personally love my Phoney Shad and my Chad Shad, both are super nice gliding baits that flat out draw the fish in. The hinkles look amazing as well but I can justify spending $200 on one when the Chads and Phoneys are half that. Well I guess this won't be so true soon after the post that Jason St.Mary put up, I guess his baits will be up around the $200 mark here very soon. I'm glad I got on his list before this all went down.

 

My thoughts exactly.  The hinkle is nice but I feel as my phoney does the job.  Might get one eventually but there now in the 225 and above range and I just cant.  Not hating on those that do.

I am now up to two lost "swimbaits", a S-waver that an osprey stole and a huddgill that a snapping turtle ripped apart.  Most of the places I fish are full of both of these jerks so the ~$30 range is about my limit.  

 

The turtle really ticked me off, I had a nice little bit going on with that gill and when I set the hook into the turtle I was sure it was a new PB.