CPBassFishing

What rod, reel, and line (lb test, type) are you using?

+1 on the bitsy bugs. They are awesome when the bass are suspending a few feet off the bottom, and for smallmouth as well. I put either a rage chunk of yamamoto baby craw on my bitsy bugs. Drag, hop, or twitch, depending on what the fish want that day.

that is just plain awesome.

Stickwoms. They're just so versatile.

i sure hope somebody lets me hitchhike a ride on their boat. looks like the potomac is winning, sweet!

im not old enough to catch a stripper.

no, its not goose creek. look up "bles park" on google maps. its a small offshoot of the potomac. it goes off the main river and connects back a few miles down.

try a strike king bitsy bug with a rage chunk trailer.

I have that issue in the ponds I fish during the summer. I usually throw a wacky senko, a shallow crank, or I flip the lily pads. Or a spinnerbait.

thanks for the input eric. I have a 3XD that I am looking forward to trying.

Ooohhh I love threads like these. (I have a flipping addiction) 1: Strike King Rage Hawg 2: Zoom Brush Hog 3: Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver 4: Evolve RX Kompak Craw 5: Rage Tail Space Monkey Those are my top 5. I always use a 1 oz weight, a green pumpkin flipping skirt, and a 4/0 Gamakatsu flipping hook. If the water is muddy I'll slide that little rubber thing with two rattles from a jig onto my line between the weight and the hook. The weight bangs up against the rattle and it makes a lot of noise.

When you flip thick grass with a 6'6 rod and 14 pound braid because its all you can afford.

working on it. Has the location been decided on? I have not been following the thread.

I guess you could say that. I have not yet tried circle hooks, ill get some in my next TW order.

What do you guys like to use on the potomac in the winter? I fish a small side offshoot with very slow water, and its about 40 feet wide, and maybe 15 feet deep in the middle.

I really need to fish with you guys come to ashburn and I'll show you my little jewel of a golf course pond.

It depends on the hook. I use light wire #1 octopus hooks, so all I do is tighten down and start fighting the fish. With normal hooks you may have to yank a bit

What happens to the bass after weigh-in in most tournaments is not very good. A truck dumps all the fish into the lake at the boat ramp, and quite a few fish die.

X2. I caught 5 the other day on a wacky senko! They were up shallow because of the beautiful 60 degree weather last weekend.

no, the bullet weight is pushed all the way into the nose of the tube. I took it a step further and pushed a yanamoto craw into the tube after the weight. This also let me use a larger hook.

Just take my money already......lol.....do you have a flipping jig wih that skirt?

thanks! I tested it out today and I caught a 1 pounder on it! The popping action is so cool. The first few times you hop it, bubbles come out of the tube. I can't wait to toss this to some beds in the spring.

Some action shots.

hard minnow bait? Do elaborate please.

well.....yes and no. Do the fat ika's have hollow bodies? You might have to use a screwlock weight with them.