| The bulrush (bullrush, reeds) is often
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| | weight on a windy day will throw off your
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| confused with cattails. Bulrush tends to
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| | pitches and often get your wrapped around
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| grow in slightly deeper waters and have
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| | a bulrush stem. The only time I resort to
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| more of a circular cross section as
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| | heavy weights is when I'm flipping matted
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| compared to the semicircular section of
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| | cover in the bulrush. I'll use 1/2 - 1 oz
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| the cattail. Depending on the time of
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| | weights in this type of situation. If
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| year and bass feeding habits, bulrush
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| | matted cover exists in bulrush, you've
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| often dominate in fish catches over
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| | got to get your flippin stick out and
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| cattails. I believe it's primarily due to
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| | flip the mats. If you don't you will lose
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| the depth of the water (it grows in
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| | out on many opportunities to catch above
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| deeper water). The larger bass tend to
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| | average bass. In working the bulrush
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| migrate to the first structure they come
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| | patches/lines start back from the bulrush
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| to when actively feeding, and the bulrush
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| | approx. 10-15 feet and pitch. Pitch
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| is often closer to these deeper water
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| | forward of the boat if possible and
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| migration routes. My personal favorite
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| | restrict any side pitches or back of the
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| technique for fishing bulrush is to pitch
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| | boat pitches. The reason for this is that
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| a Texas rigged worm. I tend to use a
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| | the bass are often spooked by the boat
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| harder, straight tailed worm over a
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| | passage, and by pitching sideways or
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| ribbon tailed one. The reason is that the
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| | towards the rear of the boat you are
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| ribbon tail will often wrap around the
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| | often pitching to spooked fish or fish
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| bulrush stem thereby wasting time and
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| | that have moved due to being spooked.
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| aggravating the fisherman as well as
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| | Always be a line watcher, whether
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| spooking fish. My favorite worm for
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| | pitching, casting or flippin a soft
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| pitching is the Zoom trickworm in the
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| | plastic. Any twitch of the line or
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| Junebug (purple/green flack) pattern. The
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| | sideways motion of the line often
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| weight I use with the Texas rig varies
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| | indicates a strike, so reel down and set
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| with water depth and wind. The shallower
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| | the hook even if you don't feel the
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| the water, the lighter I go. A lighter
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| | typical thump! When pitching, work both
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| weight gives the worm a more natural fall
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| | deep into the bulrush patch and to the
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| and can get more strikes, however if too
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| | outside edge of the bulrush. Try to make
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| light, the worm may catch on the bulrush
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| | contact with the stems whenever possible,
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| stems and not finish it's way to the
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| | but don't neglect the open pockets and
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| bottom. The windier the day is, the
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| | also work right in the middle of those
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| heavier I go. This gives me better
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| | pockets. If you follow these tips, I'm
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| control during the pitch as well as
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| | sure you will be doing more catching with
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| better feel for what's biting on the
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| | less fishing!
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| other end of my line. Too light of a
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