That was driving me crazy watching those guys throw those baits on flipp'n sticks. You would think the California guys for sure would of been prepared with real swimbait rods. It was painfull watching Kennedy throw the Hudd on that flipp'n stick, it looked like he was worried his rod was going to break everytime he casted. Hell, Kennedy dropped several thousand dollars on baits, you would of figured he would of spent the extra money for a real swimbait rod. He still won so who am I to talk about his gear...lol.....Maybe he could had 130lbs though. Also it looked like he may not of been burrying his treble on Hudd into the body, wonder if that could of caused some of his fish to be hooked like they were. With that treble just swinging freely I could see more fish being hooked like that.