Mr. Aquarium Posted July 7, 2017 Posted July 7, 2017 i got a spot loaded with heavy weeds and tree stumps. the pond is clear. with a river channel snaking its way through, on the edge of the channel its 3-4 feet with stumps, it drops to 10-15 feet deep with stumps and trees. theres stumps here that are surrounded by 4 feet of water but under the stump its 8 feet. there is tons of food in here. chock full of herring, perch,sunnies, frogs, crappies. i usually fish topwater, like frogs and weedless weightless plastics, but i want the giants that lurk bellow in the stumps and weeds. Quote
Mr. Aquarium Posted July 7, 2017 Author Posted July 7, 2017 even if they arent matted?? i dont think i got any punching weights but i got a few 1 ounce flipping jigs Quote
Global Moderator Mike L Posted July 7, 2017 Global Moderator Posted July 7, 2017 Here's what I suggest Hop and swim a 3/8 Jig or Zoom UV Craw Try a Hollow body swim bait... Zoom UV Speed Worm... Slowly drag a Rage Craw and/or Bug Mike 2 Quote
Mr. Aquarium Posted July 7, 2017 Author Posted July 7, 2017 5 minutes ago, Catt said: Think bottom! thats what im gona do! im headed there tomorrow moring early! havent fished it this year. im gona punch the **** out of! going heavy! 50lbs braid to the bottom. theres friggin giants in here Quote
Super User Catt Posted July 7, 2017 Super User Posted July 7, 2017 32 minutes ago, swamp hawgs said: thats what im gona do! im headed there tomorrow moring early! havent fished it this year. im gona punch the **** out of! going heavy! 50lbs braid to the bottom. theres friggin giants in here Redneck Bubba Bass Fishing 2 Quote
Tony Albanese Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 5 hours ago, swamp hawgs said: thats what im gona do! im headed there tomorrow moring early! havent fished it this year. im gona punch the **** out of! going heavy! 50lbs braid to the bottom. theres friggin giants in here Sounds like you and I fish a similar lake. I have to same plan for tomorrow.. let us know how you do. Quote
Tony Albanese Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 Hope you fared better than I did. I was catching them all day in senkos around the weed beds. Switched to punching. Got one in the second flip, I thought I was on to something but that was the end of that. Stuck with it for a good amount of time too but didn't get any more hits. Switched back to the senkos and started catching them again. Maybe it just wasn't a punching kind of day. Also had three short strikes on the frog Quote
Mr. Aquarium Posted July 13, 2017 Author Posted July 13, 2017 SUCKED!! the whole day did!! got to spot number 1. saw fish up in the river and at the mouth. we didnt fish em, 90% of the time they are pickerel or small bass. worked our way around the shore, fishing swimbaits and frogs. nothing. tried punch the pads nothing. texas rigged, jigging, swimbaits along the deep stumps, nothing. i switched to old faithful, caught a 2.7lber on a fluke bait in 2 feet of water in a mid pond flat. went back up. had a few hits in the river. one fish followed the fluke all the way to the kayak and hit its head on the boat. couple of pickerel. my buddy fished alot of spinner baits and buzz baits, with some texas rig. fished another pond a part of the same chain of pond. nothing, swimbaits, frogs, wacky rigs, texas rig, spinner baits and buzz baits. pond 3, new pond, we dragged the yaks through thick woods, cut our own launch in some thorns and bushes. fished here about 20 min before getting booted. we caught 19 bass, bag weight was a whopping total of 2.5lbs. we tried weighing one fish, it weighed a whopping 0.0lbs 1 Quote
Spryguy Posted July 14, 2017 Posted July 14, 2017 When you are using your punch rig, make sure you peg your weight so the lure gets down under the weeds. I would never use anything under 50 pound braid for punching scenarios. I have also found that Jigs 3/4 of an ounce and up get through great. Use darker colors under the weeds because the water clarity will not be as clear or bright. 1 Quote
Mr. Aquarium Posted July 14, 2017 Author Posted July 14, 2017 i never used a peg! make sense why i dont have much luck!! Quote
CTBassin860 Posted July 15, 2017 Posted July 15, 2017 1 hour ago, swamp hawgs said: i never used a peg! make sense why i dont have much luck!! I always peg when pitching.Make sure the weight stays put and the lure gets to where it needs to go. 1 Quote
Mr. Aquarium Posted July 15, 2017 Author Posted July 15, 2017 awesome thank you!! why do punchin weights cost so much!! Quote
CroakHunter Posted July 15, 2017 Posted July 15, 2017 10 minutes ago, swamp hawgs said: awesome thank you!! why do punchin weights cost so much!! Check out omfishingsinkers.com cheapest tungsten I've found. 1 Quote
CroakHunter Posted July 15, 2017 Posted July 15, 2017 Note: spend 40 dollars to get free shipping and that they sell by individual weights. So if you want 15 one ounce punching weights, put the quanity at 15. Quote
Super User Catt Posted July 15, 2017 Super User Posted July 15, 2017 I seldom if ever peg my weights! When a punch rig doesn't work try Quote
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