ive caught a few dinks on a regular brushhog by accident in shallow creek, but havent caught anything of quality from a lake. what are your favorite ways to fish the Brushhog and Baby Brushhog in a lake. shallow or deep? weighted/unweighted... fast or slow??

thanks. any help is appreciated

    I guess the most popular way to fish them is by flipping and pitching them in thick cover.

    My favorite way to fish them is by pitching them to docks with a 3/8 oz. tungsten weight.

    I know of many people that Carolina rig them and catch lots of fish.

   

I have done well with a baby brush hog weightless with a slow twitch retrieve. I have also done decent with a baby brush hog with a 1/8th bullet weight. My favorite all around color is the Candy Bug.

I also T-Rig them but use a 1/8 oz tungsten weight. I fish a strip pit as a home lake. Very clear water. The lake is lined with reeds. If it is very sunny day the bass will tuck up into the reeds. I pitch this rig in and just kill them on some days. I beleive the Brush Hog excels in weeds of any type.

Weightless, T-rigged, flip em pitch em and Shakey heads work too!

My favorite is as a jig trailer in deep water!

thanks guys. hopefully i can get to some water soon and try again

carolina rig all the way. slow or fast. caught MANY quality fish on them either way.

The rig depends on the wind for me.  On a calm day I like to fish one weightless.  If its a bit windy I t-rig with a 1/8oz bullet weight or put it on a shakey head jig.  If its really windy I use a c-rig with a 1/2 or 3/4 ounce weight.

They make for an OK jig trailer as well.  My favorite colors are watermelon candy and green pumpkin magic

Pitch,flip,Tx rig,C rig

I've been using them on owner 4/0 twistlocks lately with good success. I also like 'em on a c-rig.

I'll put my 2 cents in since nobody else has mentioned it, plus last Friday was the first time I ever tied one on and I caught 4 or so on it. My first impression is like everybody who fishes a creature bait for the first time - what the heck is this gonna do? But once I put it on and watched it take an eternity to hit bottom I was kinda impressed.

Anyway here's how I caught em all weekend. I would take the brush hog in pumpkinseed and texas rig it weightless and fish it like a buzz bait on the top of weeds and millfoil that were in 2-4 feet of water. I'd cast out past the weeds in 4 feet and reel it just fast enough to churn the surface. Most hits would come before it ever made it into the slop. I assume because the bass would rather take it before they had to work for it in the weeds. Friday I caught 6 bass this way with 2 brushogs and 2 paddle frogs. Both performed equally for me. Caught another 3 this way Sunday. Needless to say it's my new confidence bait. It's easier to fish than a worm.

What they said....  use the baby brush hog when fish are less active, otherwise the normal larger ones will get you the bigger fish.

carolina rig all the way. slow or fast. caught MANY quality fish on them either way.

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I usually Texas rig my Brush Hogs with a pegged bullet weight.

use it around weeds, lily pads, docks and hold on tight.