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A couple of months back there was a passionate debate about senkos and other soft stickbaits. One of the topics was whether or not they swell over time. I pulled this one out of the water yesterday; it has either swelled way up, or they make them like pythons now. Next to it is the full sized heddon spook not the puppy.

Not the puppy or the spook junior

I see the same thing all the time at my local pond. The larger 6 and 7 inch Senkos swell up crazy big. I'm constantly picking them out of the water. People leave a TON of them behind, sucks.

Yup, I've seen a few that were about 2 inches thick, and 15+ inches. They get huge after 5+ years in the water.