Flipping and pitching

[Lyle Reiner 174]

I know it's a widely used largemouth technique. But do many of you bass guys do it for smallies? Not looking for spots or for lures, just taking stock of different techniques

[flybum 95]

i have flipped and pitched for smallies. i had great success . Caught lots of walleye while doing it as well!

That being said, i haven't done it in a LONG time, but when i was doing it, i was pulling them out of the sticks.

[Bear 77]

Of course, smallies and largies will often times occupy the same waters and structure. They will also hit the same baits.

I have often pulled smallies and largies from the same spot on the same bait.

Bear

[Gone8to1248 158]

Pretty common method used down south here in and around marina's and docks an such for getting your baits up under things. Because a lot of our waters has both green fish and brown fish you'll pick-up both species. Normally used with a short rod 6' to 6'6" and a stout line for dragging the fish out from under docks.

[pbear 24]

Even though people aren't thrilled when you fish around docks it is a great technique. Instead of fishing docks I flipped around the back of boats Ina campground and cleaned up on the bass. Especially mid week when boats hadn't been moved for a few days.

[Lyle Reiner 174]

People can't really say much about dock fishing. They don't own the water!

[fisherdude 69]

They're probably most worried about stepping on hooks while swimming which is understandable but they really can't do anything about people fishing by their docks n stuff anyway.

[Guest FreshwaterFisherman]

I think another worry is people accidentally snagging the dock, boat covers, lawn chairs. Etc. If you have the confidence and accuracy to fish a dock without the risk of wandering casts. I agree, fish the heck out of it. I would too. That said. I usually try to skip under them after working the outer edges of it with the flipping and pitching method. If it's a floating dock, I may weight one end of a senko so it glides a few feet under the dock on the drop. Might take a few casts to get it to go the right way, but it's a great method to get an angled drop.

[James01 223]

I have used flipping/pitching for walleye... I have found them tight to shore on a number of occasions, amid rock and wood. On a lake or two I fish its typically the technique I try when the usual techniques/places don't pan out.

I also like the technique for PIke... its doesn't often produce monsters, but I have found it a good way to land numbers. Hook a decent PIke close to shore and you need a stout rod to pull it out from cover.