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Author:
AfternoonFisher
Date:
Aug 30, 2013
Subject:
How to fish a brush hog
Message:
So I have this pack of brush hogs in watermelon color. they sit in my tackle box, and I throw them every once in a while. But, for the most part, they just sit there. They sit there because I never catch anything on them. I've pitched them, flipped them, Texas weightless, flopped them across the top of the pads. And caught a whole lot of nothing. The arms on the side don't move at all, and I can't say I'm that impressed with the action it has. It's been a few months since I casted one out because it's a bait I have very little confidence in. But, whenever I hear someone talking up their favorite lures, the Brush Hog is often mentioned. I've been thinking of Carolina Rigging it, but haven't tried yet. Anybody got any tips?
Author:
PECo
Date:
Aug 30, 2013
Message:
You just have to find the right situation in which to throw them. When I was on Candlewood Lake with mep21 (aka Mark) on 08/19, he caught a bunch of nice bass with a Texas-rigged Green Pumpkin/Red Flake Brush Hog weighted with a 1/8 ounce bullet weight and dragged through submerged weedbeds (aka submergent vegetation in Navionics-speak) in eight to 10 feet of water. Before that day, Mark had always been a Baby Brush Hog guy, because he worried that full-sized Brush Hogs would get fewer bites from smaller, but still keeper-sized, bass. He discovered that even smaller bass will hit a full-sized Brush Hog.
Author:
bass tracker
Date:
Aug 30, 2013
Subject:
Brush hogs
Message:
I use 1/8 oz. bullet weights too, unless it's in real thick cover then go to 1/4 oz. I also cut the bottom (arm) loop from the body of the brush hog so it moves a little more when it's in the water. Hook size matters too, don't go too big, 2 or 3/0 should be good. I have also found dark colors like green pumpkin or motor oil work pretty good.
Hope this helps.
BT
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