Only 4 Baits You Need to Flip for Big Bass This Summer!

Summer bass fishing is all about getting your bait into the thick stuff. In this video, we break down the top 4 flipping baits for bass fishing this summer, including the best soft plastics and setups for targeting bass in grass, docks, laydowns, brush, and heavy cover. Whether you’re flipping shallow vegetation, pitching to isolated cover, or punching through mats, these summer bass fishing baits will help you get more bites and catch bigger largemouth bass.

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📌 Flipping Baits
Berkley Pit Boss: https://omnia.direct/aeb
Rapala Bronco Bug: https://omnia.direct/arg
Strike King Rage Bug: https://omnia.direct/wefww
XZone Adrenaline Craw: https://omnia.direct/eeee

📌 Terminal
Flipping Hook: https://omnia.direct/eber
Ringed EWG: https://omnia.direct/ssfnn
Tungsten Weight: https://omnia.direct/erge

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There are so many options when it comes to flipping, when it comes to the pieces of cover you can flip, the baits you can flip, how to rig those baits, the size weights you can flip with. And on today's lure lab, we're gonna break all of that down with the top four baits that we have to flip this summer. So to break this down for you guys, is we're gonna go through the top four baits that we like to flip in the summertime, but also give you guys some rigging juice when it comes to giving a different bit of a presentation for these fish. Now, you can flip a Texas rig, you can flip depth cover scats, you can flip jigs. We're gonna be talking about circle a Texas rig in this video. And to start it off for you guys, my setup typically always for flipping a Texas rig soft plastic is going to be a 7-6 heavy fast, a high gear ratio reel. My favorite rods to be looking at are the 13 Fishing Myth, the Dobbins Fury, and even a new one that I really like. There's so many good brands out there, but a new one for you guys to look at is the Okuma X Series. I was not a big fan of Okuma until I got the X Series in my hands, and they actually did a pretty dang good job from the reels as well as the rods at a decent price point. So factor that in the next time you're going to look for a new rod, give the Okuma X series a look. And the one thing that I like to do when flipping these baits is you can typically go to the standard Texas rig that is a bullet weight, whether you peg it or not. I like to have my baits pegged and then a hook, typically a wide gap or a flipping hook. What you can do is keep that same formula, but instead of using just a normal wide gap, use a ringed EWG. Because the ring, basically that little that little knob I make my own, I'm currently waiting on a new order because I've run out of them, allows that bait to swing freely. So when you fall, it has a more free presentation as that bait falls into the piece of cover that you're flipping. I'll leave the links to that tackle and all that down below for you guys, and we'll do a whole video on the water at that on the lure lab here soon. But you came here for the top four baits to flip with, so let's get into it. To start things off, a lot of people have been looking for the OGs of this, but the new ones, I say new, they've been out for a while, is the Berkeley Pit Boss. And the Berkeley Pit Boss, which started in the Havoc series, was a very big fan favorite. But the Berkeley Pit Boss comes in multiple sizes. I think there's even a five-inch, but there's a three-inch and four-inch that I mainly throw. Three inches for when I'm dealing with some smaller fish, more finicky fish, something where I want a little bit of a smaller presentation. But for the most part, the four-inch is the best go-to, in my opinion. The pit boss is kind of a cross between the beaver and a creature bait where you have that softer body here, and then you have four different appendages to give that bait a kind of a twirling action with the tails as it's falling. The back being ribbed, having that hook slot there, so that when that hook comes into the body, it's going to come in and out of cover very easily, but also be able to penetrate through the bait to give you a good hookup ratio. And that is kind of almost the perfect ratio that you want from a thickness level, if you will. Do not comment for my flipping baits when getting into cover for not hooking the cover, but being able to hook the fish and get that hook through the bait. Where sometimes, if the if the plastic is too thick, you might have a hard time hookup ratio of getting that hook through the plastic and into the fish's mouth. A lot of people are believers of the power bait formula, allowing those fish to hold on longer. But the pet boss has been proven time and time again for a lot of the flippers out there to put a lot of fish in the boat. And again, it comes in great standard colors, multiple sizes, but that has been tried and true for a long time for me. When flipping grass, flipping wood, things like that. Now, as I put this bait away and get out number two, there are two different line setups that I use when flipping my baits. Whether it's fluorocarbon or braid. And the difference between them is one water clarity, if it's clearer water, I'm fishing uh some grass, like sparse grass, flipping wood, flipping docks, things like that. I'm gonna go to fluorocarbon. Typically 17 to a 20 pound fluorocarbon. If it's a little bit dirtier water, heavier vegetation, I'm going to go to a braided line. Typically, you don't want to throw braid around wood because braid can dig into the wood, hang up a little bit more, create some more frustration. Whereas fluorocarbon typically does a lot better around wood, whereas braid does a lot better around grass, cutting through that vegetation. So that's kind of the standard rule of thumb that I follow with that. And then you can always get away with either of them in each scenario. But that's typically where I'll go to both. Now, number two is the Raplo Crush City Bronco Bug. Now, the Bronco bug has a similar main body to it, but has two basically like clubs, if you will, for legs. And so again, same body profile as the pit boss in the perfect little ratio, I say, there for the thickness of the bait. But as you can see, those legs swing, and they got two big clubs for legs. And so when that bait's falling, these legs basically what they do is they swing back and forth on the fall, giving it a pretty good action as it falls down by that fish to trigger that fish to commit and eat your bait. A little bit more durable plastic that they came out with with the Crush City lineup, but a very soft bait, and you can see how much those legs move. So the heavier the weight you have, typically the more they'll kick, and the lighter weight, the less. Obviously, so on and so forth. That goes for all the different baits we're talking about in here. But the softer the bait, of course, the more likely the appendages will move at a slower speed. So keep that in mind depending on how deep you're flipping. And typically I like to go anything that is four foot or less, I'm typically gonna go with a quarter ounce weight to a three-eighths, and then as we flip deeper than that, go to three eighths to a half ounce, and then three quarters to even maybe an ounce. Typically, it's more kind of in my punch range, but half ounce to three-quarter ounce if I think I need to get that bait in there quick and create a reaction strike versus just allowing that fish to see the bait. But that all comes with the territory of the cover of that you're fishing, as well as what the fish are telling you they want. If you want to go figure that out, have multiple rods rigged up, be able to uh go and rig up multiple different weights if you only have a rod or two to flip with. But for me, I am a tackled nerd and I have four to five different flipping setups that I could go to. So to go out and learn this stuff, get better with it, get a feel for what the fish are wanting. I'll have a setup that has a lightweight all the way up to heavier with similar baits to then see what exactly they want if I'm flipping different scenarios. But the Crush City Bronco bug has been one that has been freaking awesome for me here in the north, down in Florida, can't flipping Thulees, to down in Louisiana, flipping cypress trees. Now, the third one that I like to go to is one that you can obviously flip with. You can do a lot with this bait. You can make it a traw a craw trailer, you can make it a swim jig trailer, you can flip a Texas rig with it, you can punch with it, and that is the X Zone adrenaline craw. And the adrenaline craw comes in a couple different sizes. You have the main one here that is a four and a quarter inch, but you also have a three and a half inch junior size if you want something more compact for your jig or for your Texas rig as well. Again, going back to it, this one's a little bit more slimmer, a little bit thinner on the thickness ratio, as we are now coining it for some reason. Uh, but has great crawl legs there. Very simple main body, but the crawl legs here are a little bit thinner, but at the ends you can see these little walls at the end of the legs allow that to pull water on the way down and therefore kick as it falls. So kind of a little more faster kick, whereas the Bronco Bug was a wave and the pit boss has those four different legs that kind of all just almost rain on their way down. The Xone adrenaline crawl is a very soft bait, so it allows for really great hookup ratio, gives you guys a great option for when flipping. The last one is a very popular one, so we have to give the nod to it, save one of the best for last. And again, to you guys, all the baits that we talked about. This is your first lure lab video you're watching. All the links to the baits we talked about will be down below. And if there are links to Omni A fishing, you can use code series 10, save 10% off your order. But the last one is a strike king. Strike king rage bug. The rage bug is used for a lot of things, but it is one of the most used and most popular flipping baits on the market right now. Anglers love it, I love it. You have the two appendages here, we'll split them off for you guys. They come attached. Make sure when you get these out of the pack that you're lightly pulling apart these appendages because they are attached to each other. But it has two main appendages here on the side as well as on the legs, kind of very similar to that of the adrenaline crawl, but a little bit thinner and smaller profile. And then Strike King does even make one. If you want something a little bit more wild than this, they do make one called the Space Monkey, which I think is one of the coolest names for a bait. But the space monkey, which is a little bit more of a bigger profile than this one. But this again, great body profile to have a hook in there to come through the cover, but also get through the bait and into the fish's mouth. The one thing I've noticed is the nose of this bait can tear fairly easy. So, what you can do is take scissors and cut right around that second ring right here, and then have your Texas rig, the bullet weight, flush with the bait, the peg down to keep that there. So that way you have a little bit more of a slender profile. But you typically I would do is start with that nose on there, flip, and if it starts to rip from bass eating it, cut off the nose, and you still have your bait to work with and not having to pull out a new plastic from the pack. And they do make multiple sizes here of the rage bug. There's a Magnum Rage bug, I believe there's even a smaller rage bug. I think they even make a rage, like trying to remember off the top of my head the name of it, but you can even put it on like a net rig or that of like a small finesse jig. But the standard rage bug is a tried and true flipping bait. As you can see, there's only a couple left in this pack. And hopefully, these gave you guys some great selections. If you're thinking about what to go flip some wood with, flip some docks, flip some grass with this summer. This gives you guys a great option of selections to go and do exactly that. If there's something you guys want to hear about on this channel, we have some more bait breakdowns, technique breakdowns coming here on the lure lab. And if you guys have suggestions of what you want to hear about and who you want to hear from, let us know down below and we would be happy to oblige. Appreciate you guys joining us here on the Lure Lab for another show. Hopefully, you guys learned something. If you're on YouTube, please like and subscribe. If you're listening on a podcast, please leave us a rating in review. Thank you so much for taking time out of your day, and we'll see you on the next Lure Lab.