>I just moved back to cali from chicago. I fished a ton of
>swimbaits and KICKED THE HELL out of muskie and bass. Try a
>hudd at Twin lakes in palatine. There are nice tiger muskie to
>50 plus inches that eat hudds REALLY good. Use the silver and
>black back rof 5 near the volleyball courts. Also Dont forget
>Independence Grove I caught bass to 8lbs throwing hudds and
>wake baits.Plus three ski's in a morning throwing a hudd from
>shore.

Just curious how well does the Huddleston hold up against a musky? No problems with them shreding soft swimbaits. Not sure though, there are no fresh water muskies here in Socal but we do get a lot of their long toothy saltwater cousins pacific baracuda AKA West Coast Musky. Unfortunately they don't grow quite as large as the skies in your neck of the woods.

JerryG