Ryan Lowdermilk

You are the man, TBone! Thanks to everyone for the additional detail. It's finally nice to know that a T-Rig doesn't have to float tail up. More importantly is the twitch and movement off the bottom. If it happens to end up "tail up" than that's a bonus.

Awesome! Congrats!

oe - I just assumed Texas Rig was always supposed to present the worm "tail up". Is that not the case? When people are using a T-Rig do they expect the worm to be laying flat / on it's side or do they expect the worm to be "tail up"?

oe - I just assumed Texas Rig was always supposed to present the worm "tail up". Is it ok for the worm to lay on it's side at the bottom? Will the fish eat it? Tom - Great question. One of my worms floated at the top the others, upon dropping them into the water, sank. Some slow. Some fast. When they hit the bottom some of them would lay flat. The others would have their tails hovering just off the bottom. Great advice Tom. I will switch to a 2/0 offset hook and test each of the worms again. It would be awesome to see some of these worms float "tail up" by changing out the hook size. This would be great insight to have! Stay tuned! I can also test with beads. I typically rig it up with a bead and during this test I didn't. Perhaps that may have changed things. You are the man! SenkoSam - When I got to Cabellas or Bass Pro should I be looking at a certain type of worm to ensure the tail floats up? LgMouthGambler - BOOM! Will do sir. I will give that a test this weekend and report back! Thx! TBone1993 - So I had this wrong the whole time!!? Texas Rigging a worm doesn't mean a.) it HAS to float tail up b.) it will always float tail up regardless of the worm. With Texas rig it's ok for the worm to lay flat at the bottom? Fish expect that sort of presentation? When using Texas Rig is it assumed the worm will lay flat on the bottom? For some reason, I was under the impression that Texas Rig, presented correctly, meant the worm would float "tail up". Perhaps both presentations are correct and will produce bass?

I did a few field tests on the worms in my tackle box. I rigged them up on a 1/8 oz sinker, a 3/0 offset hook and 20 lb. Power Pro braided line. I filled up our jacuzzi tub and let the experiment begin! To my dismay, many of the worms in my tackle box, upon hitting the bottom, rolled over and laid flat on their side. The only worms that presented themselves with "tails up" were the curly tail worms. Everything else just rolled over. In order to get the majority of the worms in my tackle box to present "tail up" I had to get rid of the sinker and offset hook and replace it with a 1/8 oz. jig head. Is this the only way? What am I doing wrong?