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What size weight when flipping and pitching a soft plastic
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05/02/16 04:11 PM
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slim 285
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I guess I am old school and starting worming first with a 3/8 oz weight. Usually just keep the same weight on when I flip and pitch. Do you think there is any advantage to a smaller weight?
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Re: What size weight when flipping and pitching a soft plastic
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05/02/16 04:12 PM
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04champ
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depends on what I'm pitching or flipping
1/2oz or bigger for really thick stuff
1/4oz-3/8oz depending on wind for flipping/pitching hardwoods
I will also use a different plastic for each of those applications
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Re: What size weight when flipping and pitching a soft plastic
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05/02/16 07:44 PM
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forkduc
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My favorite size and I use tungsten.
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Re: What size weight when flipping and pitching a soft plastic
[Re: 04champ]
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05/02/16 09:51 PM
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Bigron119
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depends on what I'm pitching or flipping
1/2oz or bigger for really thick stuff
1/4oz-3/8oz depending on wind for flipping/pitching hardwoods
I will also use a different plastic for each of those applications
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Re: What size weight when flipping and pitching a soft plastic
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05/02/16 10:28 PM
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ezbassin
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I use a 3/8 when I pitch beaver type baits and craw tubes. I use a 1/4 oz for baby brush hogs.
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Re: What size weight when flipping and pitching a soft plastic
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05/02/16 10:54 PM
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Ban-D
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1/4 and 5/16 are My most used.
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Re: What size weight when flipping and pitching a soft plastic
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05/02/16 11:06 PM
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Mike_Soriano
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Re: What size weight when flipping and pitching a soft plastic
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05/03/16 02:28 AM
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SteezMacQueen
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Depends....sometimes 1/4 ounce....sometimes more....MUCH MORE! Yesterday I was flipping and punching with two 1 1/2ounce tungstens pegged. The mat was an inch thick and I swear a raccoon could have walked across it no problem. A few times I had to flip up high and snatch down on the rod to blast the 3 ounce weight though to the bottom. Must have been crazy looking to a fish. Probably looked like a meteor shower under the mat!!!! Haha. But...hey....we do what we gotta do to get to the fish. And it worked.
Eat. Sleep. Fish.
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Re: What size weight when flipping and pitching a soft plastic
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05/03/16 02:55 AM
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ko bass attack 27
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I usually go with a 3/8 or 1/4.
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Re: What size weight when flipping and pitching a soft plastic
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05/03/16 12:48 PM
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Bubba Broadus
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5/16 or 3/8 usually been doing good using my 3/4 tungsten punch skirts punching grass using a California lizard from double zz lures
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Re: What size weight when flipping and pitching a soft plastic
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05/03/16 07:14 PM
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Cmack
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1/4 or 5/16 usually. Occasionally I'll go up to 3/4 oz in thick huisache or retama bushes and hydrilla. 75% is probably done with 5/16.
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Re: What size weight when flipping and pitching a soft plastic
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05/03/16 11:04 PM
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toledo puma
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I drag, pitch, and flip as light a weight as I can.
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Re: What size weight when flipping and pitching a soft plastic
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05/04/16 12:43 AM
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RedEar12
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depends on what I'm pitching or flipping
1/2oz or bigger for really thick stuff
1/4oz-3/8oz depending on wind for flipping/pitching hardwoods
I will also use a different plastic for each of those applications This guy is a grass master. +1
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Re: What size weight when flipping and pitching a soft plastic
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05/04/16 01:13 AM
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danwill12
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Some guy named Hackney out of Louisiana has taken the time to write about this very subject. I know that most of you fellows won't believe a thing he say's so do not read the Bass.com article #1 or #2 and there is a #3 coming soon. By the way he really likes the Palomar knot. But then what does he know? Dan
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Re: What size weight when flipping and pitching a soft plastic
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05/04/16 01:16 AM
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Happykamper
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I drag, pitch, and flip as light a weight as I can. Me too, 1/8 to 3/16 unless really windy or deep.
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