Do You Flip On The Rock?

[abkeenan]

Wondering how many of you guys flip on Table Rock. I know it is primarily a deep presentation type lake and occasionally guys beat the bank with cranks, squarebills, spinnerbaits, etc. but how often do you flip in close to the bank? Is there a time when its best? Or is it only on the rare times when we get a lot of rain and the bushes are flooded?

[Tfsh4bass]

Besides occassional dock flipping I will flip anytime the water is in the bushes regardless of time of year...just have to approach it differently depending on water clarity

[Fishin Hodge]

Love to flip it, like Tfsh said, if the water is in the bushes there will almost always be some fish in them anytime of year. In the hot part of summer when the fish should be deep, if the bushes are in the water, there are fish in them, and sometimes a lot of them. In dirty water flipping can obviously shine, but there have been times with 3 or 4 feet of visibility that I have flipped a natural colored gitzit with quite a bit of success. Prespawn and spawn are going to be the best times to get on a flipping bite in my opinion, but there are a lot of times it will work.

In the river arms there can be flipping bite the majority of the year.

[Bill Babler]

3 or 4 ft. of visibility is dirty water. Better get your flipper on fast if your gonna. THis lake is headed for white rock and gravel just about as fast as the Corp can get it there. It has slowed down a mite with only 3 generators, but they are going to take her down.

Good Luck

[Sprint21fter]

I fish alot of the river arms or go way up the creeks most of the time and if I see anything in the water with a few feet of water around it I always flip a jig or texas rig of some kind and have consistant bites if the water temps are above 45 degrees. The back of deep cuts and pockets in the river arms always have alot of debris piles and they are awesome areas to flip in. Like all the other replies when the water is in the bushes there will be fish in them and if you come along the right stretch you can have a good bag of fish in 5 casts.

[dtrs5kprs]

Bushes when they are wet, and staying that way. Can flip deep trees with something like a senko or fluke, work it through the first few feet of branches. Senko on a 1/16oz shakey is nice for that. Enough weight to flip, but still a nice fall.

Can always flip docks and wood on channel bends. Flipping a spoon in deep docks can be a lot of fun post spawn into fall/winter.

[riverfish]

i personally am a flippin nut it doesnt matter the water temp or even time of year i can find something to flip no matter where im at if im runnin a bank burnin spinnerbaits and see a laydown you bet im gonna find something layin around the boat to flip in there its simply just fish habitat and there in there maybe not every one but alot of em have fish on em. up in the rivers beaver hut? im in it. main lake in july im in it. dont matter it only take a few inches to hold a fish dont need feet. it has alot to do with peoples style of fishing some people, flippin doesnt ever even cross their mind. just like you dont see very many people crankin a mans thirty plus on this lake but it works more people opt for the dropshot different strokes

[Jim Dunn]

Generally "pitch" as apposed to flip and I do it on most lakes that I fish. Course it "bit" me on Bull two weeks ago. Not a fish in the bushes at all but I think that was because the lake lever was changing.

[Stump bumper]

If I am back seat of someone running the bank with a shallow crank the I flip a tube or jig around every big rock or laydown I can get behind and can pick up a lot of missed fish that way. It is a quick reaction type hit or miss then reel back fast and hit the next target but I have found it much more productive and less likely to hang up then dragging a lure behind the boat.