Punching Mats for bass in one of the best ways to catch big bass year round. Big bass will get under matted vegetation and live but they can be extremely difficult to get out if you don’t know what you are doing!
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Flipping and pitching mats is the best way to get bass out of mats. You typically have to use a weight over 1 oz to do this and that is why it is called punching for bass. This video breaks down everything you need to know about flipping mats!
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You give the absolutely best tips and knowledge on bass fishing and I absolutely appreciate it. My family are all big into cat fishing but not bass so this is helping me learn so much. Thank you and keep doing what you're doing.
Who’s here revisiting this gold nugget of info?
I don’t get why people use that heavy of line for bass. The reels don’t even have 50 or 65 lb drags, so why would you need that much power from your line? Why not use like 30 lb?
I hate to disagree with you but the reason you're tearing the fishes mouth and losing them is because you are using 65# braid. Braid has no give to it. You're not fishing for shark, you're fishing for bass. I've been pitching the matted grass for well over 30 years and have never used over 20# big game line. I was pitching the matted grass long before it was called punching. I also don't use a Snell knot because I've never needed it. I have almost a 100% hook up rate with a standard improved clinch knot. I've caught 100's of bass up to 10 pounds under grass and have never broken one off. That includes dragging them out when wrapped in a ball of hydrilla. Seldom, if ever, do I even lose a fish. The rods that I use are only 6 1/2' medium/ heavy action. Using a longer rod does not give you leverage over the fish, it gives the fish leverage over you. If you don't believe me, put a long wrench on a nut and turn it. Also, with an 8' rod, every time you twitch the bait, you move it further with the longer rod, which is sometimes too far. If you want to teach people how to pitch matted grass, don't make it so complicated. It's simply fishing through matted grass instead of on the edge of it.
I wonder how many bass have gotten klunked in the head by some big ass tungsten?
Great info, great how-tos. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
Great advice, really enjoy your channel. It has helped me become a better bass fisherman! 👍🏻🇺🇸🎣
If anyone has any questions about the swift pull hook set a great example is Ish Monroe, he has this down to a science and has a few videos on it ,, reel down
Give pressure on the hook set make a short fast soft motion but don’t yank then immediately lean back with a slow anchoring motion. Then the hook will go in and stay. Use bigger hooks if you know there are huge bass. Smaller hooks if you can’t see them. I use no more than 50lbs test. Good braid in my opinion shouldn’t break off if you have good combo unless it’s outright sharp rip rap then I throw on a fluorocarbon leader. Yozuri 30lbs test has never failed me as a tapered leader even when pulling in donkey redfish or small shark so it’ll pull in a bass through a mat. If the water is super clear I noticed the fish ignore heavy braid if its visible. If the hook color is too obvious you won’t get many fish.
Use a light weight but use weighted soft plastics. If the plastic itself is heavy itself than you can change weights by changing soft plastics and if you have only one or 2 poles you don’t have to cut and swap weights
Tyler, can i pitch and flip from the bank or would you use another technique?
Ya brother just come back from frog fishing seen it, I lost the biggest fish because of what I saw and heard!!!not saying I didn’t clean up, I did just saying!!! Dig it!!!!!
Do you use a leader or straight braid ?
Got a question if a snell not is good in this situation would it not be good when tying any worm hook on
Awesome video answered a lot of questions
yeah you dont need a super heavy rod…… i use a 7'11 heavy lmaoooooo
Great video, dude. It's rare that someone breaks it down like you do. I pitch and punch grass all summer up here in Northern Wisconsin, and I kept track for a good portion of the summer a few years back and for me, there's no difference in hook/land ration when using Snell or double Palomar… and I've got hundreds of lakes where catching 50+ fish in a few hours is not a big deal. I've heard people explain the physics behind it, but the Db. Palomar gets it done just fine ~ Experiment and Decide ~
Great info
Now that’s some knowledge there! Awesome job on the tips definitely are on point. An you just got a new subscriber!🤙🏻
Does water temp come into play as far as when this technique works better than others? Maybe even weather conditions, such as raining or windy? Is a flipping hook crucial or could I get away with 3-4 strait shank hook?
Gotta try that snell knot. Only learned palomar and seeing that video example with the snell makes me think those ones that got away was prolly because of my knot option. 👍
I got a question that might sound stupid but qhen do you use a punch rig or just flipping a jig
Great video thanks.
10 lb test is perfectly fine. My brother caught a 60lb catfish on 10 lbs test. On a 5 ft pole. Like 3 days ago. I have trouble breaking 10lb test sometimes too 🤣🤣
That was the juice bro
Awesome video if your new listen to this guy I'm gana try that knot
Do I peg my weight?
Great vedio ever seen, I almost lost interest in punching, now I will try it again.Thank you