Brush hogs

[broncokevo30]

Has any one ever used brush hogs before? If you have, let me know what you think of them?

[Big dreams]

A southern fella gave me a bag of them when I bought his truck a few years back.  They were the full size hogs about 6" long.  They have their purpose however, they seemed to get hung up more than I thought they would.  A T-rigged tube works better in my opinion.

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[djkimmel]

I use a number of large creature baits in the summer for largemouth bass, on the Carolina Rig especially. The brush hogs are one of my favorites.

I often search the ledges, weed edges and deeper wood with crankbaits. After I catch what I can or determine they aren't wanting crankbaits, I go to the Carolina Rig often with a green pumpkin or black/blue brush hog (sometimes red shad) and put the hurt on them that way.

cameraguy has some footage of a woodpile I got on in Lake Ovid where I put the hurt on a bunch of quality bass fast with the crankbait / Carolina Rig brush hog combo. Went from zero to 'hero' in a big hurry. Big smile on my face that day. I put a really good limit in the boat one day from the same wood pile all on a Carolina-rigged brush hog in less than 10 minutes. Didn't have to measure any of those bass. That's probably a good reason I like the big creature baits - quality bass like them too.

I once used them to pitch to bass on beds in an EverStart on Santee-Cooper. Everyone around me was finessing them including my co-angler. I went into beds less than 2 feet deep with 17 pound test, 3/8 oz bullet sinker and a full-sized brush hog and that  day, they liked me. Much to the chagrin of my co-angler who was pitching to the same exact bass.

I caught them all that we both pitched to including the back-to-back male and bigger female off one bed after he pitched to them several times with 8 pound line, 1/8 oz sinker and a finesse worm. I pitched in the big ole hog and that 4+ female creamed it! Big smile on my face that day too.

Since they aren't real popular up with a ton of anglers, I can often find them in the bargain bins a couple times a year. If you see them, don't buy them all. Leave a few for me please!

[fuzzygrub1611]

 I like the Super hog. Use it around weed mats and pads. works well.

[Skulley]

I am not a big creature bait guy.  I have used them but still like the good 'ole plastic worm.  Then last year I bought two (2) colors of Wayne Carpenter's creature bait in the St. Clair Craw and Canadian Mist.  I used both colors and was impressed by the largemouths they caught.  I also caught plenty of smallmouths on them too.  The worm and the tube those days were not producing.  The creature was.  A profile thing I would say.  The colors are staples in my tackle box.  I still tie on a worm or a tube first but convinced myself that I needed to have the creatures close by.


BD                   

[huston]

I picked up some Northland slurpees and plan on giving them a try. They have attractant  already in them and look pretty good. If I can put the tube down the the hog may have a chance to prove himself.

[RipNLips]

love em! use them all the time. i like the baby brush hawgs better. more bites. bigger fish on the bh and on the mississippi i use the super hawg.

[broncokevo30]

Thanks for the advice everyone