| The technique of pitching has largely replaced it in | | | | concentrate their efforts on flipping year around. |
| some quarters, but the flipping technique remains | | | | When flipping in the summer fishing main lake flip |
| the same ultra precise, this is a deadly method of | | | | tight cover that tends to be a little bit better, |
| catching large bass in cover that Californians Dee | | | | especially after the spring rains where the water |
| Thomas and Dave Gliebe first brought East 30 | | | | is still high. Also the bass pro says fishing |
| years ago. This was a technique that | | | | vegetation, downed tree's and branches when the |
| revolutionized the sport. When the technique of | | | | water is high after the spring rains. Many pros us |
| flipping was introduced to the fishing world it was | | | | the flipping technique on the thickest mats during |
| the most effective method ever. The fisherman | | | | the hottest times in the summer with a lake fork |
| learned that flipping was amazingly accurate | | | | trophy tackle craw tube teamed with a 1 ounce |
| procedure to get the big bass out of cover. It | | | | tungsten weight and 80 pound test spiderwire |
| was such an outstanding weapon the fisherman | | | | braid. |
| from the west where the warriors in the early | | | | During the dog days of summer the fish are in |
| and mid 70s. Bass pro fisherman Roland Martin | | | | grass lines on points and main lake cover. Ounce |
| says flipping changed everything, suddenly we had | | | | your fishing into the fall, flipping into creek |
| a way to get a bait to big bass in some bad | | | | channels becomes more productive. Fishing the |
| places. | | | | channels are the migration of baitfish holding on |
| The virtues of flipping have not changed. Bass | | | | the channel, but there are always fish in channels |
| fisherman fishing for the bigger bass always pays | | | | but in late summer and early fall the channels play |
| off when they are flipping for individual bass | | | | a huge role in finding the most productive fishing |
| instead of schoolies. Individual fish are normally big | | | | area. |
| fish. They'll hold on the most unusual piece of | | | | Bass fishing in the fall the bass are going to be on |
| cover in the area. They stake out their own | | | | thick grass and hydrilla and matted hyacinths. The |
| territory. | | | | pros are going to key on stuff, there going to be |
| If you are going to be a serious bass fisherman, | | | | flipping on isolated patches of grass and hyacinths |
| you will have to master the flipping technique, | | | | or hydrilla and even wood. Some of them expend |
| that's what the pros say. It remains a major part | | | | most of there flipping in the backs of creeks |
| of bass fishing throughout the year. | | | | throughout the fall. |
| The bass pros known the merits of flipping are | | | | When the pros are flipping in the winter they will |
| well known. The bass pro fisherman known that | | | | fish shallow situations in muddy, highly fertile lakes, |
| technique is just isn't limited for spring and | | | | where the bass population doesn't live very deep, |
| summer when bass are most likely to bury up in | | | | to surprisingly deep cover. Some of the pros will |
| cover. Unless the water where you live freezes | | | | us a 1/8 to 3/16 ounce Berkley jig with a big |
| over in winter, there is an application for this close | | | | power frog trailer to get a slow descent to entice |
| quarters fighting technique throughout the year. | | | | sluggish coldwater fish. |
| Here's a look at where experienced flippers | | | | |