Flippin In Heavy Mats Weights

My punching rod is a fitzgerald rods heavy mat flippin rod that s 7 feet 10 inches long with an extra heavy action.

Flippin in heavy mats weights.

For flipping it s usually 1 4 to 3 8 depending on depth cover and current if a factor. The heavy metal tungsten flipping weights are ready to help you punch through the thick stuff to catch those big ones. Flw pro angler scott martin shares his fishing tips and techniques to help you catch more bass. 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.

In this fishing video scott martin talks about how to pick the right weight for flipping heavy mats. The weight is needed to penetrate any type of heavy cover. If i can catch em punching and or pitching i will have several rods rigged with different weights and or bait. 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. I joke that it s like fishing with a 2x4 but that s not quite true. Ohio pro bill lowen frequently uses weights made by reins a japanese company that manufactures weights up to 2 1 2 ounces. 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.

Once you have the right sized bullet weight slide the weight onto the end of the line. It evolved from the flipping technique that dee thomas invented on the ever changing delta ecosystem. 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. Take the punch skirt and slide it onto the end of the line below the bullet weight.

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. 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.