Fins and Grins Handcrafted Lures

09/30/2026

Quick local report from yesterday, we put the hammer to them in a 6 hour trip going 9 for 13💪💪💪
7.5" MadTads were on the menu, 8 of the 9 muskie were on the 7.5" Madtads!!! Run em if you got em guys👊👊👊
Meanwhile Jamie DeGroot is over on Green Bay putting the MadTads to work!!! Here is Kayla Jean Laitinen with her daughter Teal who caught a tanker while fishing with Jamie. The hot color was JD'sLemonHead Perch 6" Madtad and they had 3 of there 5 bites that day on JDs LemonHead Perch. Congrats and great job Teal on a beautiful Green Bay muskie🐋🎣🐋🎣
Back story on JD's LemonHead Perch, Jamie ran Madtads on Green Bay during the 2025 season and had success. During the next off season we talked and he came up with and designed LemonHead Perch. I painted a few for myself as well for LSC and needless to say they love it here as well. We have caught fish over 50"s this season on it and plenty of fish have been fooled.
JD's LemonHead Perch will be available at the shows and for order during the 2027 season.
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09/22/2026

We had a blow day due to mother nature, so more prototyping and testing on the FG Dominator. We have her dialed in, trying different variables to make sure the Dominator action can change for better or worse. The old saying is if it aint broke dont fix it
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09/16/2026

The FG Dominator with a mid 40"er. This fish was acrobatic and jumped once in the beginning of the fight and shook the first hook. Then saw the net made a hard turn and almost jumped in the boat 🎣😆🎣😆🎣😆
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09/11/2026

Our good bud Matt Catfish Firestein over at Whopper Stopper Charters with a GIANT🐋🐋🐋 on a 6" MadTad and the longest muskie that we know of on a MadTad thus far. More details to come, great job bud and congratulations to the angler👊👊👊

Dandy on a Mad Tad!!!! Spanky Baits Grandt Rods Advanced BoatworksLakewood Products VmaxTanks Stealth Tackle Rose Marine Service HI-SEAS Lax Reproductions Boss Shad Marshall Tackle Net Buddy Miller Fuel Dock Drifter Tackle AFW Fishing Brands Pike's Custom Art

09/04/2026

The FG Dominator fine tuned after a couple days of field testing and we are happy with the latest version. We had great belly roll and tail thump in the first version but the Dominator 2.0 got that much better💪💪💪 We wont settle for mediocre and want the belly roll and tail thump that makes a good swimbait.

Besides the action, while casting the Dominator we have had very few hook tangles or the bait balled up which is a added bonus. We are very excited to see what the FG Dominator produces the remainder of the season, standby👊👊👊
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08/30/2026

A great pic of Blake Millett and his son Brennon with a Utah tiger muskie🐅🐅🐅 Caught on a 6" OB Perch Madtad and I believe the largest of the year out of that body of water for Blake and Troylynn Bentley Millett 💪

We are only a couple years into lure making but its always super cool to hear of muskie's caught all over the country on Madtads, especially when kids are involved!!!
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08/15/2026

A sneak peak at our new swimbait, the FG Dominator 9.5" long and weighing 8.5oz.
Lots of testing and prototyping went into this bait to get the belly roll and HARD tail wag we were after. Anyone who knows Capt. Matthew Quintano knows he won't settle until he gets it right💪💪💪
Now its time to get the FG Dominator chewed up, standby by for the updates👊👊👊
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Lots of testing and prototyping went into this bait to get the belly roll and HARD tail wag we were after. Anyone who knows Capt. Matthew Quintano knows he won't settle until he gets it right💪💪💪
Now its time to get the FG Dominator chewed up, standby by for the updates👊👊👊
Fins and Grins Handcrafted Lures
www.finsgrinslure.com