| The bulrush (bullrush, reeds) is often
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| | throw off your pitches and often get your
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| confused with cattails. Bulrush tends to
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| | wrapped around a bulrush stem.
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| grow in slightly deeper waters and have
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| | The only time I resort to heavy weights
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| more of a circular cross section as
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| | is when I'm flipping matted cover in the
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| compared to the semicircular section of
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| | bulrush. I'll use 1/2 - 1 oz weights in
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| the cattail.
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| | this type of situation. If matted cover
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| Depending on the time of year and bass
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| | exists in bulrush, you've got to get your
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| feeding habits, bulrush often dominate in
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| | flippin stick out and flip the mats. If
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| fish catches over cattails. I believe
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| | you don't you will lose out on many
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| it's primarily due to the depth of the
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| | opportunities to catch above average
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| water (it grows in deeper water). The
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| | bass. In working the bulrush patches
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| larger bass tend to migrate to the first
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| | lines start back from the bulrush approx.
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| structure they come to when actively
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| | 10-15 feet and pitch. Pitch forward of
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| feeding, and the bulrush is often closer
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| | the boat if possible and restrict any
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| to these deeper water migration routes.
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| | side pitches or back of the boat pitches.
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| My personal favorite technique for
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| | The reason for this is that the bass are
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| fishing bulrush is to pitch a Texas
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| | often spooked by the boat passage, and by
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| rigged worm. I tend to use a harder,
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| | pitching sideways or towards the rear of
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| straight tailed worm over a ribbon tailed
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| | the boat you are often pitching to
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| one. The reason is that the ribbon tail
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| | spooked fish or fish that have moved due
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| will often wrap around the bulrush stem
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| | to being spooked.
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| thereby wasting time and aggravating the
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| | Always be a line watcher, whether
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| fisherman as well as spooking fish. My
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| | pitching, casting or flippin a soft
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| favorite worm for pitching is the Zoom
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| | plastic. Any twitch of the line or
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| trickworm in the Junebug (purple/green
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| | sideways motion of the line often
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| flack) pattern. The weight I use with the
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| | indicates a strike, so reel down and set
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| Texas rig varies with water depth and
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| | the hook even if you don't feel the
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| wind. The shallower the water, the
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| | typical thump!
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| lighter I go. A lighter weight gives the
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| | When pitching, work both deep into the
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| worm a more natural fall and can get more
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| | bulrush patch and to the outside edge of
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| strikes, however if too light, the worm
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| | the bulrush. Try to make contact with the
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| may catch on the bulrush stems and not
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| | stems whenever possible, but don't
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| finish it's way to the bottom. The
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| | neglect the open pockets and also work
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| windier the day is, the heavier I go.
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| | right in the middle of those pockets.
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| This gives me better control during the
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| | If you follow these tips, I'm sure you
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| pitch as well as better feel for what's
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| | will be doing more catching with less
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| biting on the other end of my line. Too
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| | fishing!
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| light of a weight on a windy day will
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