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The last two weeks have been full on rain and the flippin' bite has picked up with the "new" and "cooler" water entering the system. We follow the rise and fall of the water on the Kissimmee Chain as well as Lake Okeechobee before we head to one of those as it will give us a little extra info to what the water is doing and might clue us in on fish movement. Now, we do like to fish moving water and it seems on Lake O or on the chain we can get into some active fish when we have water movement from them draining or filling the lakes. The up and down cycle is controlled by the army corps and they hedge their bets on the hurricane season every year on how much to drop the water... Just as with all weather predictions, they are never right and always playing catch up whether the lake is too high or empty. Either way, we get what they give us and try to use it to our advantage as much as possible.

Now for the fishing! I was working a flippin' and mat punching bite as the sea of hydrilla would meet up with a mat or a group of pads. Typically, the hydrilla does not grow at the base of the pads or underneath a mat that has been stationary for a period of time. The bass then use these voids in the hydrilla when associated with a mat or isolated group of pads as an area to get in the shade and ambush prey.

The two techniques, as I explained in the video was using a heavy punching setup and a light flipping set up. The heavy set up was a MHX Rods FP937 with a Abu Garcia Revo SX spooled with 65lb Power Pro, a Gambler Lures Burner Craw on a 4/0 Hack Attack flippin' hook, Picasso 1.5oz. tungsten and a 6th Sense Peg-X.

The light flippin' setup was The heavy set up was a MHX Rods FP885 with a Abu Garcia Revo SX spooled with 50lb Power Pro, a Gambler Lures Fat Ace on a 5/0 Gamakatsu Heavy Cover Flippin' Hook, Picasso 1/2oz. tungsten and a 6th Sense Peg-X.

Check out the Video where it all goes down. Hope you enjoy: Florida Giants