"RichZ" wrote in message
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Bob La Londe wrote:
."go-bassn" wrote in message
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You want to punch through the stuff, but a pitch is a soft, quiet
presentation. I'm confused.




Accuracy and moderate distance. Pitching.
Small pockets in cane laying over on water.

Fall or punch through some surface debris without slamming it into the
surface. Weight.


Muddy conditions. Large.
Rattles added for attraction, but loud entries had spooked some fish
already.

Fast falling. Heavy.

I could have done an over hand cast to punch through, but I felt that
what I
really wanted was the weight of the bait to take it through.

However, my question was strictly about what tackle would adequately
pitch
those big heavy baits. Since the tackle I had with me was not adequate
to
the job I really don't know if it would have worked to catch fish.
Instead
I tried some other areas and used different baits for a few fish. My
two
biggest that day where in locations where I had been able to get through
debris like that without spooking the fish. The edge of the debris
produced
nothing. I had to go through it.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com




I've never seen a flipping stick that wouldn't handle 1 oz jigs or slip
sinkers. I don't usually want a really big bait for fishing in the mats,
but I have no problem with 9" worms or 7 inch creature baits and a 1 oz
weight, and I'll use the same setup to flip, pitch and cast as the need
arises.

I'm not sure what the problem was, but I just couldn't handle that big bait
on my St Croix flippig stick. At home when I tried it on my TC3 it worked
fine. The St Croix is a 7'10" MH Fast and the TC3 is an 8' H Fast. The
bait just worked better on the TC3. I have tossed 3/4 oz jigs on the St
Croix with no problem. I expect that big plastic I had on probably was the
difference in weight. Probably a couple ounces of plastic.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com