fishing the Brushhog

[driftingrz]

ive caught a few dinks on a regular brushhog by accident in shallow creek, but havent caught anything of quality from a lake. what are your favorite ways to fish the Brushhog and Baby Brushhog in a lake. shallow or deep? weighted/unweighted... fast or slow??

thanks. any help is appreciated

[aarogb]

    I guess the most popular way to fish them is by flipping and pitching them in thick cover.

    My favorite way to fish them is by pitching them to docks with a 3/8 oz. tungsten weight.

    I know of many people that Carolina rig them and catch lots of fish.

   

[nickw234]

I have done well with a baby brush hog weightless with a slow twitch retrieve. I have also done decent with a baby brush hog with a 1/8th bullet weight. My favorite all around color is the Candy Bug.

[Uncle Leo]

I also T-Rig them but use a 1/8 oz tungsten weight. I fish a strip pit as a home lake. Very clear water. The lake is lined with reeds. If it is very sunny day the bass will tuck up into the reeds. I pitch this rig in and just kill them on some days. I beleive the Brush Hog excels in weeds of any type.

[DINK WHISPERER]

Weightless, T-rigged, flip em pitch em and Shakey heads work too!

My favorite is as a jig trailer in deep water!

[driftingrz]

thanks guys. hopefully i can get to some water soon and try again

[Hinkle2891]

carolina rig all the way. slow or fast. caught MANY quality fish on them either way.

[EastTexasBassin]

The rig depends on the wind for me.  On a calm day I like to fish one weightless.  If its a bit windy I t-rig with a 1/8oz bullet weight or put it on a shakey head jig.  If its really windy I use a c-rig with a 1/2 or 3/4 ounce weight.

They make for an OK jig trailer as well.  My favorite colors are watermelon candy and green pumpkin magic

[bigtimfish]

Pitch,flip,Tx rig,C rig

[bass wrangler569]

I've been using them on owner 4/0 twistlocks lately with good success. I also like 'em on a c-rig.

[Clark Stewart]

I'll put my 2 cents in since nobody else has mentioned it, plus last Friday was the first time I ever tied one on and I caught 4 or so on it. My first impression is like everybody who fishes a creature bait for the first time - what the heck is this gonna do? But once I put it on and watched it take an eternity to hit bottom I was kinda impressed.

Anyway here's how I caught em all weekend. I would take the brush hog in pumpkinseed and texas rig it weightless and fish it like a buzz bait on the top of weeds and millfoil that were in 2-4 feet of water. I'd cast out past the weeds in 4 feet and reel it just fast enough to churn the surface. Most hits would come before it ever made it into the slop. I assume because the bass would rather take it before they had to work for it in the weeds. Friday I caught 6 bass this way with 2 brushogs and 2 paddle frogs. Both performed equally for me. Caught another 3 this way Sunday. Needless to say it's my new confidence bait. It's easier to fish than a worm.

[TommyBass]

What they said....  use the baby brush hog when fish are less active, otherwise the normal larger ones will get you the bigger fish.

[cabullwinkle]

carolina rig all the way. slow or fast. caught MANY quality fish on them either way.

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[JacobK]

I usually Texas rig my Brush Hogs with a pegged bullet weight.

use it around weeds, lily pads, docks and hold on tight.