You will often hear bass fishermen talking about punching mats or grass mats or matted vegetation when anglers are talking about mats they are referring to any kind of surface vegetation that has open water under it.
What does punching the mats mean.
Detecting strikes can be tough.
People who are punching above their weight are generally going out with women of far superior quality in either the face body department.
There are books and manuals that give ideas and detailed instructions on how to create sandwiches with your different platforms and mats.
Day 2 i put together 19 pounds 6 ounces again leading with four 4 pounders coming from punching.
A die cutting sandwich is what the combination of platforms and mats are called.
Pay attention because aggressive fish might grab it before gets to the bottom.
I stuck to my guns on the final day but my event ended poorly as i fell to 3rd bringing in only 10 pounds 10 ounces all punching.
There will be one random trash mat in a river where the current has pushed a lot of leaves sticks and other debris into a treetop.
Learning what separates good mats from bad ones requires that you pay attention to what the fish are telling you.
Punching mats is a great to catch both numbers and trophy sized fish.
Punching is kind of like a dock fishing you can do it all year long because bass will gravitate to anything that provides cover above their head he begins.
The fitzgerald 7 6 heavy or the new titan hd fitzgerald 7 6 or 7 8 heavy flipping rods are perfect for this style of flipping.
What i mean by that is most junk mats are very isolated around a lot of the country.
While most anglers associate punching with mats of thick vegetation kenney says just about any matted surface will do.
When it does let it fall to the bottom.
Making jokes at the expense of someone who is of a higher level of power in terms of status or privilege.
Different combinations of different sizes will perform different tasks and functions for your crafting needs.
Mason says that a lot of his clients who are unfamiliar with punching mats miss fish all day long the first time.
Like any other technique though it requires patience.
Those are the two components that make up a good mat for punching.
First make sure your bait goes all the way through the mat he said.
On day 1 i took the lead with 29 pounds 8 ounces with four 5 pounders coming from punching mats.
Light punching hydrilla edges on river ledges isolated junk mats grass lines on shallow lakes for this type of punching i use a heavy rod but not as heavy as you would use for mat flipping.