Can someone school me on Baby Brush hogs?

[airborne_angler]

Can someone(anyone or any combination of the 2) please tell me all there is about fishing a baby brush hog? I just picked up my first bag ever and want to try them tomorrow. Its been raining so I know the bite may be off as things have flooded.The water level on the lake I fish is way up and the shoreline is pretty much brand new with trees in the water and now theres all kinds of new structure and concealment for the fish to be in and around,Grass in the shallows and such.All this of course means more surface area too.

I t-rigged one and tried to drop it weightless in my 55 gal aquarium and well I just dont get the big deal about them. The appendages didnt flutter and it just dropped slowly to the bottom . No attractive movements or anything on the fall. I then tried a small bullet sinker and it came a live a little,but still looked boring,no action.

Im sure an aquarium isnt going to get me the realistic action I want,therefore I need to know how to present this bait in order to maximize its potential.

There were so many colors so I just got a Watermelon/purple fleck color. Dont know how productive that will be ,well just have to see.What do you all think of the color I chose?

Now about the gear to use with this bait. Do I use a baitcaster or a spinning outfit? Mono or braided line?

Anything you all can tell me that will make fishing this bait a success will really help me out alot. Oh BTW the boat im using is a 10ft jon boat,in which I have no choice but to sit down. Pitchin and flippin is sorta out of the picture.

                                                            Thanks in advance

[dink]

C. rig.

It is also a good bait to flip TX rigged in heavy cover during a tough bite (for me).  I have also hard good things about it as a jig trailer, although I have not tried this yet.

[Cajun1977]

jig trailer here

[Munkin]

Can someone(anyone or any combination of the 2) please tell me all there is about fishing a baby brush hog? I just picked up my first bag ever and want to try them tomorrow. Its been raining so I know the bite may be off as things have flooded.The water level on the lake I fish is way up and the shoreline is pretty much brand new with trees in the water and now theres all kinds of new structure and concealment for the fish to be in and around,Grass in the shallows and such.All this of course means more surface area too.

I t-rigged one and tried to drop it weightless in my 55 gal aquarium and well I just dont get the big deal about them. The appendages didnt flutter and it just dropped slowly to the bottom . No attractive movements or anything on the fall. I then tried a small bullet sinker and it came a live a little,but still looked boring,no action.

Im sure an aquarium isnt going to get me the realistic action I want,therefore I need to know how to present this bait in order to maximize its potential.

There were so many colors so I just got a Watermelon/purple fleck color. Dont know how productive that will be ,well just have to see.What do you all think of the color I chose?

Now about the gear to use with this bait. Do I use a baitcaster or a spinning outfit? Mono or braided line?

Anything you all can tell me that will make fishing this bait a success will really help me out alot. Oh BTW the boat im using is a 10ft jon boat,in which I have no choice but to sit down. Pitchin and flippin is sorta out of the picture.

                                                            Thanks in advance

Besides the senko I think this is the greatest soft plastic ever! I have literally caught thousands of bass on this bait. Most of the time I fish for SM in rivers so a green pumkin baby brush hog matches the forage so well. T-rigged on a slider or Jobee jighead pitched or drug across the bottom is the way I fish these? They are kind of like a senko in that there is not a real wrong way to fish them.

Allen

[skillet]

 T-rigged with 1/8 weight and spinning gear. T-rigged 3/16 and 1/4 with bait casting gear. I use them anywhere you would use a jig n pig and try to imitate crawfish moves. IMHO Green Pumkin and Watermelon Seed are the colors to use. 3/0 EWG hooks

                                 As Ever,

                                  skillet

BTW Regular Brush Hogs are great also!

[Catt]

Come on down to the big pond & I'll school ya quickly  

[slarose20]

I agree with skillet he hit it on the nose for me.  One of my favorite plastics now.  I often use the Regular Brush Hogs over any others in Bullfrog color

hope this helps.

Tight Lines

[RWHusker.]

It's been my bait of choice since returning from Lake Fork this year.  Bought them as a jig trailer and now I use them mostly t-rigged, 4-0 EWG hook, vary the bullet weight depending on depth and sink speed.  I also am a huge proponent of Garlic Chartruse SPIKE IT.  Four of us all using the watermelon red baby brush hogs, fishing timber, the only difference was mine was spiked. I caught 10 to 4, 3, 3 in a 2 and 1/2 hour period.

GO BIG RED

[dumb_dog11]

i fish it simple

trigged with a small bullet weight, and just hopped back past cover

spinning tackle, mono line

[johnkook73]

It's been my bait of choice since returning from Lake Fork this year. Bought them as a jig trailer and now I use them mostly t-rigged, 4-0 EWG hook, vary the bullet weight depending on depth and sink speed. I also am a huge proponent of Garlic Chartruse SPIKE IT. Four of us all using the watermelon red baby brush hogs, fishing timber, the only difference was mine was spiked. I caught 10 to 4, 3, 3 in a 2 and 1/2 hour period.

GO BIG RED

Hey RWhusker when you do that you spike the tail correct?

[mattm]

I fish mine on a baitcaster, usually with a 4/0 hook and a 1/8 weight.  Unless its real windy and then i'll go with a bigger weight.  It is also my favorite soft plastic with the exception of the senko type baits.  IMO senko type baits are the ultimate in proving sometimes less is more.  I wouldn't worry about the  action they obviously catch fish.  The color you went with will be fine.  The only other thing you need to know is that when you run out of the bag you bought get your next order from ***.  The version they make is at LEAST 3 time better.  He puts salt in them and like 25 cloves of garlic per bag .  Obviously, he doesn't put actual garlic cloves in there, but I have no idea how he gets those things to stink so good if he doesn't.  The garlic coupled with the fact that he already sales many colors with spiked tails elimanates the need for JJ's.  IMO, of the baits from *** i've tried this is hands down the best one.

[mattm]

Sorry, for the hijack.

You guys using it as jig trailers.  Do you cut it down or use the whole thing?

[RWHusker.]

Hey RWhusker when you do that you spike the tail correct?

Probably depends on how full my bottle is.  But usually just past the tail.

The only other thing you need to know is that when you run out of the bag you bought get your next order from ***

I made an order and hopefully will eliminate some of dye on my boat!!

GO BIG RED

[Guest avid]

jig trailer here

ditto, one of my favs.

[RWHusker.]

You guys using it as jig trailers.  Do you cut it down or use the whole thing?

The guide at Lake Fork that introduced us to the "Brush Hog" not the baby, bit off 1" and pulled off the upper arms.  When my lure starts to get torn up I play with it by taking it down a little.  When the tails come off I toss it and start over.

GO BIG RED