When faced with muddy water, he favors a Warrior Baits Quiver Bug on a 5/0 Gamakatsu Heavy Cover Flippin’ Hook due to its straight, conventional fall. During the summer, he looks to mimic bream and crawfish, and the high contrast of the Flippin Tube is a great emulation of natural bass prey. If the water is relatively clear, he flips a 4-inch Gambler Flippin Tube in Black Neon Chartreuse on a 5/0 Gamakatsu SuperLine Offset EWG Hook because its spiraling action attracts fish from greater distances. Being thorough will get you more bites.”īrowne keeps his repertoire very simple throughout the summer. This is why I pick apart cover, whether its laydowns, flooded bushes or stumps. “If you pitch your bait to the left side of a limb when a big bass is on the right side, they’re not always going to eat it—they may not even see it. “You need to be precise when the sun is high,” Browne said. For this reason, Browne slows his approach and fishes very methodically. In addition, they become less apt to leave the shade and chase your bait. If you splash it on top of their heads, they won’t be very likely to strike.”ĭuring periods of high sun, such as the middle of the afternoon, bass will get much tighter to cover than they will in the early morning or evening. “Shallow, summer bass can get pretty wary, so it’s imperative to make a subtle entry into the water. “I’ve spent a long time working on my casting skills,” Browne said. Effective casting is key to getting both quantity and quality in bites. I’ve been in the boat with Browne as he flipped and pitched shallow cover and I’m telling you—he puts his bait into places that many anglers can’t. Oxygenated water is a must-have, and bass will do whatever’s necessary to find it.” Get tight to cover “Shallow water oxygen levels increase due to runoff, which is a favorable situation for the bass. “When the weather gets really hot in the middle of the summer, both the bait and bass will vacate their usual areas because of poor water quality,” Browne said. Because bass prefer oxygen-rich water, it’s not uncommon for deep fish to move shallow again. After most of the bass have moved deep following their spawning rituals, deep water oxygen levels begin to significantly decrease as the summer progresses. He also tends to stay shallow during the summer due to a biological phenomenon. “Although there may not be as many bass shallow in the summer as there are deep, you can still get them to bite if you know where they live.” “It’s always good to be versatile, but there comes a point when you’ve got to put your head down and do what you know best,” Browne said. His confidence lies in shallow fishing, and he credits his success on fishing his strengths. Just as each of us are unique individuals, bass are the same way. Not all fish go to deep waterīrowne acknowledges that the majority of summer bass do, in fact, head towards deep water, but that doesn’t mean they all do the same thing. While other anglers may flock to offshore ledges and deep cover during the summer months, he goes the opposite direction by picking apart shallow cover.
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Evinrude pro and Florida native Glenn Browne feels right at home with a flipping stick in his hand.