Flipping/punching Thick Vegetation-How To?

[airborne_angler]

I kinda got the whole pitching/flipping thing down...I was wondering about once you get the bait through, how do you fish it? Is it just a lift and drop, shake and repeat or do you impart other action? Is it just basically a vertical presentation, where you drop the bait in an area...shake it and remove it?

[Jake P]

With punching, theres not alot you can do. Your punching through thick stuff, letting it hit bottom and its basically a lift and drop. I never work it more than 4 times. If I dont get anything after the 4th, I reel in and hit another spot. Its best to use baits with tight profiles and alot of action since your not really working it a whole lot. I love the Rage Tail Menace because it is compact and has good action with little movement.

[ww2farmer]

I use several methods. Under a mat that has some depth to the water it's covering, I shake it a little, or hop it up and down a time or two,  maybe even give it a good hard stroke,  or even let it soak. In very shallow mats I lift it up to the bottom of the canopy and let it fall again, before lifting it out and finding a new place to plunk it through.  I kind of let the bass tell me what to do. If I get a few that are whacking it good on the initial fall, I go into turbo punching mode, covering the area with a punch it in, fall, lift it out....on to the next flip, trying to make it fall in front of as many fish as possible.

[BrettD]

Just pretty much yo-yo the bait up and down. I usually pause the bait on the way out and shake it for a couple of seconds when the bait reaches the bottom of the mat. After a cold front the fish seem to target prey thats actually in the mat.

[mnbassman23]

^^ I usually yoyo 2-4 times making the bait come in contact with the bottom of the mat and letting it fall to the bottom. Somedays you have to try a few different approaches to see what the fish want. All good advice above.