Flippin In Heavy Mats Weights

Flw touring pro scott martin talks us through catching big bass in heavy cover with the punching technique flipping fishing out of heavy cover with a big fishing rod a heavy weight and line.

Flippin in heavy mats weights. Ohio pro bill lowen frequently uses weights made by reins a japanese company that manufactures weights up to 2 1 2 ounces. The heavy metal tungsten flipping weights are ready to help you punch through the thick stuff to catch those big ones. Flipping weights work great for flipping pitching and punching into heavy cover and weed mats they are also used for the carolina rig flipping docks texas rig plastics they are easy to rig weedless and used to catch large mouth bass smallmouth bass or any other species of fish. It takes a heavy bait or sinker usually 1 1 4 ounce and up to penetrate the dense cover that big bass live under and that requires some very heavy gear.

To punch an angler needs a texas rig with a tungsten bullet weight from 3 4 to 2 ounces in weight depending on the thickness of the mats. It s rarely an all day effort. It evolved from the flipping technique that dee thomas invented on the ever changing delta ecosystem. In this fishing video scott martin talks about how to pick the right weight for flipping heavy mats.

We get faced with some thick mats at times so punching weights range from 3 4 to 1 1 2 and i have some 2 oz but haven t used them yet. Take the punch skirt and slide it onto the end of the line below the bullet weight. The thicker the vegetation you re fishing is the heavier weight you ll need to get your bait down to the fish. My punching rod is a fitzgerald rods heavy mat flippin rod that s 7 feet 10 inches long with an extra heavy action.

Usually he ll have another rod rigged up with a more standard sized flipping weight but will pick up the bigger tungsten when he comes to cover that demands it. Step 3 slide the punch skirt onto your punch rig. If i can catch em punching and or pitching i will have several rods rigged with different weights and or bait. Once you have the right sized bullet weight slide the weight onto the end of the line.

Designed to help anglers punch texas rigged soft plastics through thick vegetation targeting bass hanging under the natural canopy that thick vegetation and mats create. I joke that it s like fishing with a 2x4 but that s not quite true.