How Do You Retrieve A Baby Brush Hog?

[bassnbornboy]

Exactly that, how do you retrieve it? Thanks!

[EmersonFish]

I fish them a lot, and I will fish them on a variety of rigs (Texas, Carolina, Shaky, Split Shot, etc...), although most frequently I'll Texas Rig them with a 1/8 or 3/16 oz. weight. In that case I'll hop them, drag them, or flip them into cover and twitch them. Even if I am hopping them like a lot of people fish a jig, I like to pause between hops and twitch them. I also like to fish them on grass lines, throw them just into the grass and kind of rip it out and let it set.

[Bluebasser86]

Small hops or drag them. Sometimes one retrieve works way better than the other. I like a T rig for the hopping retrieve, C rig or swinging football head for the dragging retrieve. 

[doyle8218]

Drag & hop.

[NDH Fishing]

Drag & hop.

This

[KC5TTC]

Ditto,  All the Above

[MikeinFresno]

drop shot out here in CA, works well

[Catch and Grease]

I only really fish them on a C-rig or as a bigger jig trailer, just dragging em' along

[bassnbornboy]

drop shot out here in CA, works well

Thanks, man! I'm in SoCal.

[crankbank]

Can't add much to what has already been said.  I would say the majority of my use is the drag and hop.  Normally I will cast it out and just let it sit(longer than I do with most baits).  Then I will slowly hop and drop it back in.  I like to run it weightless so, up until an upgrade in spinning gear, I could never cast them far.  Nonetheless, they have produced more fish for me than any other plastic. I gave the regular brush hogs a shot, thinking the added size could help me cast them longer, but I wasn't a big fan of the action and went right back to the smaller ones.

[iceintheveins]

I pitch them to the target and let them hit the bottom. Most strikes come on the first fall or the next hop. I'll hop them a few times away from the cover, then reel in for another pitch. But they also are great on a carolina rig or on any horizontal retrieve across the bottom.

[dam0007]

When flipping I drop in pockets, if nothing hits on fall I hop it twice, wait 3 seconds, if nothing hits again, I pull it up and into next pocket it goes. Ive never casted them out before.

[bassguytom]

All of the above also don't forget to try them on a shakey head. Money.

[bassnbornboy]

All answers appreciated!

[dam0007]

All of the above also don't forget to try them on a shakey head. Money.

ooooooh I never thought of that! I'm gonna try that with my rage hawgs