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PUNCHING GEAR
BREAKING DOWN PUNCHING GEAR
THE BASIC TOOLS FOR TARGETING BASS IN HEAVY VEGETATION
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By Matt Williams
hen bass are buried up in thick
vegetation, few tactics work
better for getting at them and
triggering reaction strikes than punching
through with a Texas rig.
ABOUT PUNCHING
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Punching – whether accomplished with pitching or
flipping techniques – is a tight-quarters, in-their-face
power-fishing technique typically built around some
sort of soft-plastic creature bait, a heavy hook, stout
line and a sinker heavy enough to crash through cover
and get the bait into the strike zone. The idea is to
cover water and make vertical presentations through
dense cover – sometimes in rapid succession – until a
fish eats the bait.
fLWfISHInG.com I january 2017