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I was just debating on using that type of hook actually ordered some from tackle warehouse for flipping saw old video of Rick clunn 1970 vid using this style with a bait keeper
I’m going down to Toho this weekend for the first time I planned on flipping grass and looking for deeper clean hydrilla. I have no electronics on my boat…any advice would be greatly appreciated!
I’m going down to Toho this weekend for the first time I planned on flipping grass and looking for deeper clean hydrilla. I have no electronics on my boat…any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Grateful for this video. On my lake (upper Midwest) a quick yo-yo retrieve just above the coontail grass works wonders and nearly anywhere with any retrieve when the wind is well up. 🎣🪷💨
what size, oversize front hooks do you recommend, when removing the rear trebles? May have to try removing the rear trebles, as here in florida, like you know, i generally fish this bait in 3' - 6' of water.
@@OrlandoBassGuides I was joking, because you said Florida is if it wouldn't work other places. However if you're honestly going to give real advice my question is; would it work in murky pond water? Because that's really all I have around me. That and muddy looking creeks.
Yeah it will work in murky water. Just make sure you're throwing around grass. Rattletraps always work best around grass. If there's a clean bottom or brush around then banging a square bill crankbait into the bottom or off the brush tends to work better.
New subscriber here....I'm liking the channel👍 I was checking out your website.....do you offer artificial only trips? Also, when exactly do you stop doing the 8 hour trips? Thanks.
Yup we offer artificial only trips! And June through October is when we stop doing 8 hour trips because of the heat. The bulk of the bite all happens in the first 4 hours during those months with the heat we get. Let me know if you have any other questions.
I use both 4/0 and 5/0 hooks. It just depends on the size plastic and how much weight you want to add. Typically if there's no wind or a light wind I'll use 4/0 and if there's a heavier wind I'll use a 5/0
It got hot out down here all of the sudden! I live in the same area. Would you use a leader for clear water? And, I take it you’ve tried belly weighted hooks and like the nail weights better?
Yeah I'll use a leader or just straight flourocarbon if the waters clear or if there isn't much wind. And I've got a friend who's tried belly weighted hooks on them and he's never done any good so I just stick with the nail weights. You get the best action.
@@OrlandoBassGuides I thought my neighborhood pond was dead. I caught 7 doing this yesterday. I would have caught more, but I definitely set the hook a little too hard. I’ve been using spinning gear for so long, and I had to dust off my baitcaster for this. Thank you!
A lot of people blame the hook for losing fish. But really, it's how they are setting the hook. If you swing all the way to Oklahoma with all your might to set the hook, it's more likely that you are quite literally ripping the fish's lip. It don't take much for a sharp hook to penetrate the mouth of a fish. Quit swinging like you are trying to snag a carp and I bet your hookup rate will go up.
I was wondering about that myself. I use straight and EWG for different rigs, and have no trouble pinning a bass and keeping it pinned on any kind of soft plastic if it is rigged properly in the first place. I do keep my hooks extra sharp though. A few quick passes with a good hook hone works like magic and only takes seconds. It does seem that very few people any more, know how to actually properly sharpen a hook.
Never use ewg hooks, so I can catch more fish than you while I continue to use ewg hooks😅 soo many clickbait fishing videos, and this one might take the cake.
It depends on the bait, but typically if it's a thicker bait I'll just use a bigger size hook for it. Or if that doesn't work, then a 4/0 to 5/0 straight shank flipping hook works well. Some people use flipping hooks for all their soft plastics over both EWGs and worm hooks.
naw man, you can't use those for creature baits, at least use a flipping style straight shank hook. You say you still miss a fish those worms hooks and you will on some baits. Just bend your point sideways or buy some decoy or ryugi offset that are made that way.
Yeah you're right, for flipping creature baits and beavers I always use a 3/0 or 4/0 flipping style hook with a snell knot. You need the extra gap of that hook to overcome the bigger weight infront of the hook. But for flukes and any type of worm I like offset worm hooks.
There is more to just dismissing EWG hooks than that. I like to use the right sizes which are both compatible to the size of the target fish's mouth and the baits. Typically I am mostly using 1/0 or 2/0 on smallmouth and they work fine with swimbaits. I am not working mats vertically... I do agree that I prefer to use an offset worm hook when I can, however some baits just don't fit those hooks as well..
You're right, I did forget to mention that I still use the EWG hooks with the point above the eye for soft plastic swimbaits because you have to in order to rig them correctly
We’ll I have missed almost non on Senko so I’ll stick with them for that but not for flukes intuitive angling has a in-depth video on g finesse hooks on flukes and it’s 99 percent hook up ratio but I do like those worm hooks too
Most fish aren't able to adjust the pupil size to cope with a lot of light, so when the sunlight is strong, they tend to go deeper. It's also easier for the fish to be seen by other predators in sunlight.
