Plastics On Jigheads ? ? ?

[greatone1210]

I have almost always fished cranks and topwaters but would like to move into soft plastics such as zoom worms, etc.

My question is can I rig them with just a regular jighead, say a ball style? I know how to set up the texas rig but I am not sure if this method would work equally well.

Thanks!

DU

[K_Mac]

Yes, you can fish plastics of all sorts on jigs of all sorts. Fishing a worm on an open jig (as opposed to one with a brush guard) can be very effective in some situations. A lot of wood/brush/grass will necessitate some type of guard. Good luck.

[backwater4]

Larger worms, say 7" and up I like to Texas rig. Smaller finesse worms, say 4" and 6" straight tail work well with a spider slider head or a shakey head ( ball style) but both are still technically Texas rigged. I used 4" worms on a ball head for bed fishing, but never to throw into grass or wood. A football Jighead will probably work in rock, it works good in this situation for spider grubs and baits like this.

[Marty]

Plastics, such as curly tail grubs and other plastics, are great on jigheads as long as you can fish them where the open jig hook won't hang up.

[greatone1210]

So if I put say a 4" zoom worm on, can I rig it so the hook is weedless?

[iabass8]

Yes. You would be better off getting shakey head style heads for that though.

[mikey5string]

A shakey head is just a stand up jig head with a soft plastic attached. I got into SH this year and it has become one of my go to techniques.

I used to be a t rig guy but I will throw a shakey head over a t rig now. Like how the Jigs make the bait stand up in back.

[hookset on 3]

Try these Owner Ultraheads. They're perfectly balanced, so they come thru the weeds nicely while swimming along.

I also use the Buckeye Goby Sled head for weedless soft plastic rigging.