Why aren't you getting bites when flipping good bass cover? Sometimes it's not the jig, Texas rig, or color you're throwing. It's where you put the bait, how it falls, and how you approach the cover.

Fresh off a $500,000 Ultimate Angler Championship victory on Lake Guntersville, Nick LeBrun joins Tom Redington to share his complete flipping and pitching system. From docks and laydowns to flooded bushes and thick grass mats, Nick explains the adjustments that help him catch more bass, especially the big ones.

What You'll Learn

• When to flip a jig versus a Texas rig, depending on cover

• How longer, quieter pitches can produce bigger bass

• How to select flipping weights, including when a heavier weight gets more bites

• Where to put your bait around laydowns, flooded bushes, docks, and grass mats

• When to use 50 lb braid versus 20 lb fluorocarbon

• Why Nick prefers straight shank hooks with a snell knot

• How to create a true vertical fall without pulling your bait away from bass

• How boat positioning, trolling motor speed, and presentation affect your bites

Guest: Nick LeBrun, $500,000 Ultimate Angler Championship winner, multiple time national pro winner, 2018 All American champion and noted shallow power fisherman.

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Two Bassmaster Elite Series wins on a drop shot, one targeting largemouth in heavy timber and another chasing smallmouth in open water. Joey Cifuentes breaks down the little details that separate anglers who occasionally get bit from those who consistently catch more bass on a drop shot.

What You'll Learn

• Why Joey relies on a drop shot for pressured and bottom oriented bass, even with the popularity of jighead minnows.

• How to choose hook sizes, from tiny #4 hooks for clear water smallmouth to stronger 2/0 and 3/0 hooks around heavy cover.

• How far to position your weight below the bait, and when to adjust that distance for grass, bottom cover, and fish behavior.

• When to use lighter or heavier drop shot weights, and why Joey ties directly to his tungsten weights.

• How Joey chooses braid, fluorocarbon leader strength, and leader length for different water conditions.

• Why keeping the weight on bottom while subtly moving your bait can make such a big difference.

• How to set the hook and manage your drag without pulling small hooks out of bass.

• Joey's favorite finesse worm colors, bait modifications, and other details that can trigger extra bites.

Guest: Joey Cifuentes, two time Bassmaster Elite Series winner.

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How do you get more and bigger bites on a swim jig when everyone around you is throwing the same technique? At 77, Tom Monsoor is still beating top pros with the bait he has spent more than 50 years perfecting, and the difference comes down to the small presentation adjustments most anglers overlook.

Tom breaks down how he changes a swim jig retrieve based on what the fish are telling him, from schooling bass and cold fronts to current seams, water clarity, depth, color, and changing water levels. He also explains why the right cast can still be wasted if the jig does not move through the strike zone exactly right.

What you’ll learn:
• Why bigger bass can sit underneath schooling fish and when to let the jig fall
• When to swim, hop, lift, or work a swim jig along the bottom
• How cold fronts change the retrieve and why one missed adjustment can cost a tournament
• How water clarity changes how aggressively he works the jig
• How to choose jig weight and trailer size for depth and forage
• Why rising water can move river bass shallower
• How current seams and exact presentation create bites other anglers miss
• How Tom fine-tunes colors, trailers, feel, and retrieve throughout the day
• Why decades of experience still separate him from anglers fishing the same water

Guest: Tom Monsoor — legendary swim jig specialist with more than 50 years refining the technique; still winning and finishing near the top against elite tournament competition at age 77.

Watch the full video podcast on YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLJHIrTVplvfzK7I8FEog0BXmrt83Yc3T⁠⁠
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