What is your favorite flipping bait? 2025
BassFishingMachine reply :
I have been flipping jigs into cover such as lillypads, stickpiles, weeds etc, and Ive been catching some nice fish like this. But this just made me think of what else makes a good flipping bait. I was thinking of maybe trying a GYCB Kreature pegged with a bullet weight. What flipping baits work well for you other then jigs?
The Next KVD reply :
I love flipping tubes, Berkley Power Hawgs, Sweet Beavers, and Yum Wooly Hawgtail.
guest reply :
sweet beaver is my go to flippin bait, but I find when the bass are buried under the mats, getting to them is primary
the particular plastic is secondary.
dman reply :
Tubes, some reason i dont catch anything with anything else....chalk it up to poor technique and tubes dont need any technique i guess
?? when did fishing cross over into the porn industry??!QuoteSweet Beaver
Stringjam reply :
Gambler Hibdon Series Flippin' Tube. Not even sure if they make it anymore (I bought a ton of them....hopefully enough to last a loooong time) - - superbly designed bait.
Catt reply :
Oldham's Lures Trailer Hitch Jig, 3/8 oz Black/Blue 
guest reply :
QuoteTubes, some reason i dont catch anything with anything else....chalk it up to poor technique and tubes dont need any technique i guess?? when did fishing cross over into the porn industry??!QuoteSweet Beaver
http://reactioninnovations.com
Most of their baits have very suggestive names.
That being said, there quality and bass catching ability are second to none.
johnbr19792003 reply :
black and blue jig rigged with a black gulp batwing frog as a trailer.
Needemp reply :
I just won our Classic with the help of a custom made 3/8 Harsh Hedz jig and a new Strike King Rage Tail trailor. Very sweet combo. I flipped it up in some weeds on the shore.
Jimzee reply :
Imakatsu Hairy Hog 4" version rigged on a 5/0 gammy EWG hook and jigs.
BassFishingMachine reply :
Haha Avid, Barely Legal Vixen, thats a good one .
Jeff H reply :
My favorite is a jig/craw. I also like 5" tubes and a 6" Producto Tournament worm for flipping.
Shadcranker reply :
1/2 oz Oldhams Trailer Hitch jig with Zoom Super Chunk.
For Plastics, I'd say a Sweet Beaver or a Prowler Flippin Tube, both with 3/8 oz weight and 3/0 EWG Gamakatsu.
basspro48 reply :
I really like ZOOM baby brush hogs, Netbait paca craws, and sweet beavers for flipping in heavy cover.
However when confronted with more sparse cover I will switch to 5/16 or 1/4oz jig.
Evan Pease reply :
I like a 1/2oz strike king pro series or a 1/2oz war eagle. Green pumpkin and black/blue are my favorite colors.
Triton9 reply :
i love to flip baby brush hogs, sweet beavers, tubes and chigger craws, and lots of other things but those are my favs , the chigger craws have been producing well lately though
Big-O reply :
Definitely a rattl'in jig and the new Strike King Rage Tail chunk. Will sometimes pinch the rage tail craw for a trailer if I need a slightly larger or longer presentation. Gets smacked alot.
jb_adams reply :
I've got an entire box with flippin jigs. Haven't caught a fish on one yet but the day is coming. My partner catches bass left and right on jigs. I just don't use them as often as he does. He fished a couple of tournaments with some pros and learned a lot about finesse jigs.
"WE" (my partner & I) prefer Eakins jigs in 3/16 to 7/16oz. finesse jigs. We've recently switched to spider jigs because the wire brush gaurd is less visible in clear water and offers a smaller profile. As for colors, usually some type of green combo. If I can find a good green with purple flake, I'd be on it like a tic on a hound. That would be a killer color combo. They make it, just hard to find locally.
You guys would either clean house on my lake or catch nothing at all using brush hogs and other bigger baits. You've got my curiosity up now though. We finesse fish all the time so I'll have to try the larger profile baits since this time of year, the bass go after large prey when they are feeding.
bocabasser reply :
when i flip, i never use a jig. i use a 1/2 0z. tungsten pegged with a 5/0 ewg gama with a baby paca craw. i will swim a jig, but never have i flipped a jig.
basspro48 reply :
Quotei love to flip baby brush hogs, sweet beavers, tubes and chigger craws, and lots of other things but those are my favs , the chigger craws have been producing well lately though
T9 recently turned me on to the Chigger craws and they are quickly becoming one of my favorite flippin baits 8-)
BassFishingMachine reply :
I really like the Paca Chunks the action on them is insane, but the claws break off pretty often, any solutions to this problem? I don't think there even worth using if the claws are going to just keep comin off, going to be too expensive havin to keep buyin new packs.
Tin reply :
Flipping a Zoom Super Hog or an *** Beaver Craw with a 1/4 oz screw-in sinker, and a gamy superline hook on 65 pound braid
BassFishingMachine reply :
By the way, what size hook you using when flipping them chigger craws?
basspro48 reply :
QuoteBy the way, what size hook you using when flipping them chigger craws?
2/0 wide gap gammy superline.
Alpster reply :
QuoteWhat flipping baits work well for you other than jigs?
Sorry, you just can't flip without a Jig. Look at the answers to your original question. More than half of responders can't seem to flip with out some kind of jig. LOL
BTW - For me, my favorite for flipping & pitching (other than jigs) is an Arkie jig with Uncle Josh Black Widow Eel. 
;D
Ronnie
SuthernProg reply :
I flip 5" Raction Innovations tubes in mostly the Coonnasty color on an Owner weighted tube hook. Only other thing I flip is a beaver style bait on a 3/0 hook with a tungsten bullet weight.
jb_adams reply :
You guys must be flipping into some nasty stuff to need braid, bursh hogs, beavers, etc. Makes me jealous! Come down to my lake where you have to search to find a laydown and the water is clear for about 80% of the lake.
My buddy's favorite story is about me loosing $5 on a bet. A sunny blue bird sky summer morning, I'm hot and thinking we need to try some shade for a while after not getting any bites on a shoreline. He flips a finesse jig with grub trailer into a small brush pile on a sunny bank. I said, "I'll bet you $5 you don't pull a bass out of there". It defied logic because the bass was in direct sunlight in less than 4ft of water. I'll be darn if he didn't pull out a decent bass. He LOVES that story....
The point is, we use finesse jigs because the larger jigs just seem to intimidate the bass. I've tried football jigs with Yum Craws, jig-n-pig, brush hogs, etc. They just don't bite them that often. Some days they want a big meal, other days they want a light snack.
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