Zoom Baby Brush Hogs ?

[fishingkidPA]

i just added these to my tackle box, not to familiar with using them but i see they are fairly popular. I got them in watermelon candy color. I will  be fishing a small river, not that fast moving but will these catch me small mouth? How should i rig them?

[FL_Sharpshooter]

I rig mine on either a Strike king Bitsy bug/flip, or I rig them weightless. I like to rig them on a 5/0 EWG hook. If I had the hooks available, I'd go with 4/0 1/8oz weighted Gamakatsu hooks. Seems like they kind of sink a little slower for me, but you can get some bites that way too. I fish them just like a plastic worm. Of course there's a billion other ways to fish them, just experiment with them and you'll figure out what the bass want. I've heard these are excellent for small mouth bass as well.

[Shad_Master]

A great C-rig lure

[Shane J]

Shad master beat me to it. Try those little suckers on a c-rig! I used to use them a lot as flipping baits, but they are very versatile, and can be fished basically anywhere. You got a good color, too.

[bweave09]

Try the search tab. Chances are it has pages and pages of what you're looking for.

-Broc

[Sam]

Fishing Kid,

They are awful.

Send all you have to me and I will dispose of them for you!!!

Actually, they are a super bait so start throwing them like you would any plastic worm for both small and largemouth bass.

I Texas rig mine and peg the bullet sinker.

They can be fished on either a baitcaster or a spinning rig, depending on how you wish to fish them.

I use 8 pound YoZuri Hybird on my spinning rig and 12 pound fluorocarbon on my baitcaster.

They are great baits this time of the year and also on Kerr Reservoir in Virginia. The bass eat them up on Kerr.

I throw them in lakes and rivers, not ponds.

It is not fair to the bass in the ponds to use them as the bass are sitting ducks, anyway,and you will get tired of catching the bass in a pond using them.

Watermelon Seed, Cherry Seed and Cotton Candy are super colors but I don't think the color matters that much.

Just throw them and experiment with colors and have some fun.  ;D   ;D   ;D

[lynyrdsky1]

You are using my favorite color of the baby brush hogs.

You can texas rig it or carolina rig it both ways work.

I suggest you try to spray or dip the tail end with chartruese

[Uncle Leo]

They are very versatile and can be used in all the presentations as described. I might add to use a Shakey Head Jig with them as a presentation.

[JDK.]

whatever you do don't try them on a c-rig with the tail dipped in JJ's magic chartreuse color it will not work i repeat it will not work ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :-/

[whoopbazz]

Very good bait for me the last few years...watermellon candy, junebug, and pumpkin spice.

Not too keen on the weightless t-tig though. 1/0 or 2/0 with a 1/8 oz weight.

[WanderLust]

Bitsy bug jig has worked the best for me...

[oteymc]

My favorite bait and my favorite color. I usually t-rig with 1/8 oz bullet weight. I have used c-rig also. I have found I hook up better with a 4/0 round bend off set hook. You don't have to work the bait much, it has alot of natural action.  Pitch it up against some cover and let it fall straight down.

Put a little megastrike on one and hold on.

I have never targeted smallmouth, but I don't know why they wouldn't like it. My brother uses the smaller tiny brush hogs on the river by his house to target smallies and goggle eye, and says he kills 'em.   

[bigredxlt]

I learned to fish plastics on these and let me tell you they are amazing! I t-rig them weightless on spinning outfit. Just cast it out there and right before it hits the water pull the rod tip back to give it some slack before you flip the bail so it falls naturally to the bottom. It will fall nice and slow giving it a lot of time in the water column. Once it reaches the bottom let it sit for 10 seconds and twitch/drag/even reel it back in it will catch stuff any which way.

In order to detect bites you will have to watch the line like a hawk. Typically they will strike on fall and your line will take off in a different direction. When this happens reel in the slack and set the hook.

In water where the food competition is fierce these little buggers will catch large bluegills and crappie. They are a great time. When fishing in ponds I go through a pack in 4 hours.

[ludwig]

Very good bait for me the last few years...watermellon candy, junebug, and pumpkin spice.

Not too keen on the weightless t-tig though. 1/0 or 2/0 with a 1/8 oz weight.

What he said. I also like the watermelon red/Green Pumpkin red. These things rock. You can flip em, picth em, dropshot. With the T-Rig you can drag, hop and even a bit of swimming.

CHances are if you have some that look "Natural" for your area...That a bass will decide to eat it, eventually..

[Stephen D.]

I rig mine on either a Strike king Bitsy bug/flip, or I rig them weightless. I like to rig them on a 5/0 EWG hook. If I had the hooks available, I'd go with 4/0 1/8oz weighted Gamakatsu hooks. Seems like they kind of sink a little slower for me, but you can get some bites that way too. I fish them just like a plastic worm. Of course there's a billion other ways to fish them, just experiment with them and you'll figure out what the bass want. I've heard these are excellent for small mouth bass as well.

X2

Those are the exact two ways I use them - either as a trailer on a jig, or T-rigged weightless on a Gamakatsu 4/0 Superline hook.  My favorite color is Green Pumpkin - I actually caught my PB on one last night!

Occasionally I'll rig one on a shakey head...

[Captain Obvious]

Put it on a 1/8 ounce football shaky head. Reel or drag it across the bottom. One of the best ways I know to fish an area with fish who have develop a case of lock jaw 

[R520dvx]

We t-rig them and c-rig them. usually on a 3/0 EWG. As others have said, try dipping the ends in chartruese. Here on Kentucky Lake the largemouth don't seem to care, but the smallies like the tails dipped.

[Jason Penn]

I trig them with a 3/8oz tg weight & 2/0 straight hook.  I caught my biggest this past summer (7lbs 2oz) on the watermelon candy.