When to Flip

[phisher_d]

I just started baitcasting this season and after about a million backlashes and some help from www.bassresource.com ;D ;D ;D, i've finally learned how to flip with some accuracy.

My question is: What is flipping best suited for? When would I use it over say a pitch or a regular cast?

Any help is apreciated

[Raul]

What is flipping best suited for?

When regular casting can 't place the bait inside cover.

When there 's not enough room to swing the rod and make a good cast.

When conditions that cause the fish to bury themselves into cover like cold fronts and very muddy water are prevalent.

[Keepin_It_Reel]

Raul

Why do bass bury themselves in mud      sometimes i think they are carp

[Raul]

When water is muddy bass are located very tight to cover, it 's like a blind person, they can 't see, they touch things to move around in an unfamiliar environment.

[Guest avid]

flipping can be a fast way to cover highly productive water. Once you get a rhythm going you flip that bait to the precise spot you think is best shake it a few times and then just pick it up and swing (flip) it into the next nice looking spot.  Personally I am a great flipper.  I fish from a canoe and have trouble with long rods, and the kind of boat control flipping requires, but I can pitch pretty well.  It's not as stealthy or fast as flipping, but if I catch a good drift I can it going pretty well.

[basspro48]

I love flipping, I think it's one of the most effective ways to catch fish that are under matted vegetation and buried deep in other cover. The most common situation for flipping would be, as I said above, is when the fish are suspended under thick mats of vegetation. But flipping to brushy cover, laydowns, and any other shallow cover is also very effective.

My top flipping baits would be

1. A black/blue YUM Garret Mega Tube T-rigged

2. A 1/2 oz. Terminator jig in green pumpkin with a YUM chunk trailer

3. and a Watermelon/red ZOOM super-hog T-rigged

Hope this helps.

[Guest avid]

I was just re-reading this thread and saw that I accidently claimed to be "a great flipper"  that should have read "I am not a great flipper" for the reasons stated afterward, and perhaps a dozen or two more.  ;D

[gatrboy53]

flippin is usually w/in 15' of the boat into precise cover that cant be gotten to any other way. it is a very precise quite presentation into the basses hideout. pitchin is from 15' on out to what u feel comfortable with it is also a precise quite presentation that u cant reach w/ a flip

[DePoy79]

also use it when fish are skiddish, and you can use it as a quiet presentation

[Chris]

I flip or pitch a bait when I am fishing calm water or I need to get a bait in a tight area. I flip when I had a bad front blow in and fish are tight to cover. I flip when I have high water. I flip when I am fishing tough conditions when the fish don't want to bite. I flip when I need a vertical presentation. I flip in the afternoon when the sun is high and the fish are tight or in the thick stuff.

[Rattlinrogue]

It's a quiet approach to skiddish bass that have positioned themselves tight to cover for a variety of reasons(cold fronts,fishing pressure).

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

I flip when I see how much I have accumulated on my tackle shop tab!

Never a big baitcasting user for freshwater.  I plan on grabbing a set-up over the winter and practicing in the basement or backyard.

Next year, I should be able to give input on subjects like this but for now it's all learning.

[ifishflorida]

This year I have spent more time and caught more fish flipping than any other method. Many weeks I don't even pick up another rod. It is hot down here and fish like to head for cooler water, especially on hot and sunny days. If you have hyacinths or other floating mats of vegetation you might find dropping a bait through that cover to be the most effective way of catching the fish.