Hey guys and gals I was wondering if anybody besides me have had any luck pitchin' and flippin' this summer?

It's been too darn hot for me to get out and flip. Flipping all day is bad enough on the back,don't need the heat making it worse.

That being said, I'm sure I would have done good if I was out there flipping.

Got a seven a couple weeks ago flippin heavy vegetation. Managed a few other decent fish but the bite was slow.

It's in the plans for this week. I'm going to be fishing a lake with miles of thick grass.

Had an epic day a couple weeks ago on Champlain. 80+ degree air and water temps, the deepest fish was 5 FOW most were in 2 or less (I know... random). We made one pass throwing frogs and spoons and got a few. I Switched to a 3/8oz Tungsten and 5/0 snelled worm hook with Hag's Undertakers (I blew through 3 bags!) and Berkley Pit Bosses. I flipped/pitched them to/into Lilly pads and Chesnuts... 35 Largemouth (2-4lbs) in 6 hours. I've had similar success with that set up at a few other ponds/lakes in the area throughout the summer pitching to Docks, Beaver Huts, and Swim platforms.

Lately, I have been flipping/pitching between my runs to deeper water football jig or C rigging spots. The flipping bite has been good all year for me but it seems that recently, the bigger bite has been on deeper drops.

Big O

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ive been catching some dinks under the docks recently with a black bitsy flip

A megastrike megabug and bitters vibe have produced good numbers and size all summer long.

All I do is flip and pitch weather doesnt change that lol... chigger craws, rage tail craws, 1/2 oz black flipping jigs with zoom chunk catch a lot of fish doing so too

Oh, yeah! I pitch mostly, and not much flippin, but when I'm doing that, a Hawg, Lobster, or a jig with a Craw on it usually gets the call. Had some great success with that this year.

I flip alot of Cypress trees and deeper grass this time of year and have had pretty good success. I recently caught a 6 lber and a 5 1/2 lber on a Rage Lobster.

All year long. PB&J Buckeye mop jigs have out performed everything else I've used.

The brush hog bite has been hot on the Potomac in less than 3-4 FOW.3/8 oz weight, braid with fluoro leader, and a 4/0 Gammy has been producing. Simply pitch to hole in vegitation. Let sink. Twitch twitch. Reel in fish

All year long! I like to throw jigs with rage craw trailers. Dark colors work best for me, but that's because I fish chocolate milk lakes.

Been pitching tubes and jigs with twin tail grubs with a lot of success...so far

Fished the Wednesday nighter last night and a Rage craw in the water willow was the way to go. California craw with dipped claws and a 3/8 oz tungsten weight. Managed 3rd place but the heat kept the turnout down so they only paid 2 spots

i've done really i mean really good tis summer using a black and blue jig!

The last couple years, the flipping/pitching bite for me was best with heavy black/blue and junebug jigs with large, bulky trailers. This year, a more subtle flipping approach has been best. 1/8 - 5/16 oz Sweet Beavers, Smallie Beavers and finesse/shaky worms have had the best results, with many bites coming after the bait hit bottom. There have been numerous times this year where I couldn't buy a bite with my favorite flipping/pitching presentations of last year.