Flipping creature baits

[Jake George]

As I am buying a flipping/pitching setup I was wondering what specific either creature baits or craws to use for flipping/pitching. Any suggestions would help

[CroakHunter]

Rage craw, rage magnum bug, brush hog, paca craw, rage menace, pit boss.

[Bluebasser86]

Rodent, Pit Boss, Menace, brush hog and baby brush hog, Rage Craw, Christie Craw, magnum finesse worm, flipping tubes, Crazy Flapper, the list goes on forever. 

[Catt]

Space Monkey, Liz-zards, ItzaBug, Y-Not, Hula Grubs, Fat Ika; there's more! 

[nocluefisher]

I started using missile Dbomb 

[long island basser]

Netbait B-Bug and paca craw, SK rage bug and craw, pit boss just some I like to use.

There are thousands to choose from, select one that appeals to your eye and fish it with confidence.

 

[Way north bass guy]

Berkley power thief has been my best Flippin/pitching bait for the last couple of years. Lots of nice colours too. 

[DINK WHISPERER]

Chigger craw, rage craw, rage lobster, sweet Beaver, brush hog and storm hot craw to name a few

[crypt]

where do you start? bb cricket, burner craw, flappy daddy, why not, all Gamblers. but there are so many to choose from.that's what makes this so much fun.........

 

[hawgenvy]

All above great baits.  If I were starting out, I'd chose at least one bait in each of the following three categories of flipping creatures:

 

1) Something with a slim profile to punch through the thickest mats, such as Gambler's BB Cricket

2) Something with a fat profile to attract big mamas, such as Missile Bait's D-bomb

3) Something with a lot of flapping action to ring the dinner bell, like the Strike King Rage Craw

[RHuff]

My go to flipping baits are the Rage Tail Space Monkey and the Rage Bug in both watermelon red flake and black/blue flake

[crypt]

4 hours ago, hawgenvy said:

All above great baits.  If I were starting out, I'd chose at least one bait in each of the following three categories of flipping creatures:

 

1) Something with a slim profile to punch through the thickest mats, such as Gambler's BB Cricket

2) Something with a fat profile to attract big mamas, such as Missile Bait's D-bomb

3) Something with a lot of flapping action to ring the dinner bell, like the Strike King Rage Craw

this is a great way to start.........

 

[Dtrombly]

I like compact beaver style baits for heavy cover, and any good craw for more sparse targets like laydowns, standing timber, ect. My favorite craws are Christie Craw, Paca Craw, Speed Craw

[Columbia Craw]

You guys are doing Jake a huge dis-service. Every bass fisherman should have to spend a thousand bucks on plastics to finally figure out what really works for them.   Or, he could get some Space Monkeys, Rage Bugs and Craws with a few Rodents thrown in and save a bunch of money.  

[Owen_007]

Chigger Quad, brush hog, pit boss

[Sam]

On ‎12‎/‎2‎/‎2017 at 10:50 PM, Jake George said:

As I am buying a flipping/pitching setup I was wondering what specific either creature baits or craws to use for flipping/pitching. Any suggestions would help

Jake, what everyone offered is great. Use them all!!!!

 

What you need to know is when to use weights, what line is best, types of hooks, length of rod, how to skip and when to flip and when to pitch.

 

In fact, you can use any baits you want to flip and pitch. You can even flip and pitch a spinnerbait or a crankbait along with topwaters like the poppers and buzzbaits. And all of the finesse, trick worms and Swamp Crawlers you can find.

 

So go out and get a number of plastics and have some fun.

 

Let us know how you do.

[WRB]

I only flip into heavy cover and don't like using soft plastics with several appendages that hang up in vegetation or brush. Prefer Beaver style soft plastics or my trusty pork rind trailers.

Pitching or short loop cast to docks or cover edges or pockets then I use creatures with more flapping appendages like brush hogs, double tail craws etc.

Tom

[scaleface]

Dont forget a pack of lizards or two .

[Deleted account]

On 12/2/2017 at 10:50 PM, Jake George said:

As I am buying a flipping/pitching setup I was wondering what specific either creature baits or craws to use for flipping/pitching. Any suggestions would help

K.I.S.S. 

 

Depending on what type of cover you are going to be targeting, select 2 baits, one that will come through stuff easier, and one with a bit more action (its a trade off). In New England, I'd probably start with something a tad smaller and work up rather than the opposite (YMMV). Another good idea is to Google the lakes you are going to fish, folks can't seem to stop typing and posting pixs and videos these days. Make sure to read between the lines, but that will get you close. I'd start with a pit boss and an ultra vibe craw, one of the gazillion beaver knockoffs, (or something similar) and adjust from there. Color is whatever you like, and water clarity (look up).

 

[bma3]

Sweet Beaver in 4.20 Size and Gambler Ugly Otter are my two favorites

[river-rat]

I'm partial to the following:

 

Larew Biffle Bug

Strike King Denny Brauer Flipping Tube

Zoom Brush Hog

Larew Salt Craw

[hawgenvy]

Bass fishing is a highly technical sport with specific techniques and baits that have proven success.  But, as this thread demonstrates, when it comes to creature baits there is not much consensus. Perhaps all of them can work. When choosing creatures you can pretty much go crazy and let loose your creativity. You can buy bags of space monkeys or sweet beavers or ugly otters simply because you think they have great names, and then you can go out and actually catch tons of bass with them!  After a while you'll get confidence in one or two or three or four of them and stick with those. But until then let your imagination help guide you. 

[Bankbeater]

Brush hog, baby brush hog, and super hog are the baits I use the most.

[Mike L]

On 12/3/2017 at 12:36 PM, hawgenvy said:

All above great baits.  If I were starting out, I'd chose at least one bait in each of the following three categories of flipping creatures:

 

1) Something with a slim profile to punch through the thickest mats, such as Gambler's BB Cricket

2) Something with a fat profile to attract big mamas, such as Missile Bait's D-bomb

3) Something with a lot of flapping action to ring the dinner bell, like the Strike King Rage Craw

Ditto

 

 

 

Mike

[Gundog]

For me it depends on where I'm flipping or pitching into. If its lily pads I like Yamamoto Flappin' Hogs. The are more streamlined that traditional craws and can drop through heavy cover better. For more open areas I like Gene Larew's Salt Craws or a cheap alternative is Big Bite Bait's Big Craw. Both have good action under water.