Fishing thick matted hydrilla is first cause for extra heavy baits, line and
rods. Twenty feet of grass with a six foot mat takes a lot of lead to punch
through.

Waterloo makes their "grass rake" rod, with roller tip for braided line,
it's quite impressive when you go to the heavy artillery.

"gobassn" wrote in message
...
Bob, can you describe the fishing scenario that called for the huge bait &
heavy sinker? Did you get bit?

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"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
I recently tried to throw a 3/4 oz bullet weight with a huge magnum size
plastic. My St Croix flippng stick was not up to the task. I tried a
variety of settings ont he reel, and just couldn't get it to work well.
Either I couldn't pitch it (just flip it) or it would slap the water ont
he
way out. I figured it was strictly my inability to dial in the reel,
but
when I got home I tied a similar rig on my Tica TC3 flipping stick and I
was
able to pitch it. Not as easily as a lighter bait, but it could be
dialed
in to pitch without short pitching or smacking the water every cast.

My TC3 is an 8 ft heavy action rod. Same line and reel on both rods.
Quantum Accurist with 50LB Power Pro.

I rarely fish a weight that heavy or a bait that big, but there are
times
when I want a huge heavy bait to punch through cover in muddy conditions
etc
etc... What type of rig do you use?

Bob La Londe
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