how to decide to throw a t-rig or a jig?

[BassCats]

When and how do you choose between a texas rigged and a jig? to include flipping, pitching, and dragging.

[EastTexasBassin]

I always have both rigged and ready.  I go back and forth, hitting each piece of cover with both.  I usually try the jig first, to go for the big bite.

[Catt]

I always have both rigged and ready. I go back and forth, hitting each piece of cover with both. I usually try the jig first, to go for the big bite.

X2; Both, I never feel satisfied until I've covered an area with both

I have 3 rod/reels completely dedicated to my goto setups a Texas Rig with a 3/16 oz weight, a Texas Rig with a 1/4 oz weight, & a 3/8 oz Jig-N-Craw.

[bowfish12]

I always have both rigged and ready. I go back and forth, hitting each piece of cover with both. I usually try the jig first, to go for the big bite.

x3

[eyedabassman]

I always have both rigged and ready. I go back and forth, hitting each piece of cover with both. I usually try the jig first, to go for the big bite.

x3

X 4   ! have 5 rods set up on a T-rig with different weights and baits and I have another 4 rods set up with jigs with diff. weights and two colors.

[K_Mac]

Same here. I almost always have one of each ready to go.

[SoFlaBassAddict]

For heavier cover I like the t-rig.  I just can't get a jig through cover like some of the other guys can.  Right now I'm having good success with one rod having a 3/8 jig on it in an appropriate color. A second rod I'm using a Rage Lobster t-rigged with weights from 1/4 to 1/2 depending on the depth and cover. If the bite is really good, I'll rig up a second rod with a t-rigged lobster with a little more weight to work some of the drop offs down here as well for the larger fish. Btw, the Lobster is very quickly becoming my favorite lure to throw. I believe RW uses this thing as a jig trailer for a huge profiled bait also.

[roadwarrior]

For heavier cover I like the t-rig. I just can't get a jig through cover like some of the other guys can. Right now I'm having good success with one rod having a 3/8 jig on it in an appropriate color. A second rod I'm using a Rage Lobster t-rigged with weights from 1/4 to 1/2 depending on the depth and cover. If the bite is really good, I'll rig up a second rod with a t-rigged lobster with a little more weight to work some of the drop offs down here as well for the larger fish. Btw, the Lobster is very quickly becoming my favorite lure to throw. I believe RW uses this thing as a jig trailer for a huge profiled bait also.

Yep, 3/4 oz GMAN Mop jig/ Rage Tail Lobster.

I also agree with your breakdown of the choice:

Jigs hang up much more often than a weedless

T-rig. Both presentations areVERY similar.

8-)

[.ghoti.]

Pretty simple decision for me.

Heavy cover = T-rig. I can't seem to get a jig through the really thick stuff.

Light cover/sparse weeds = jig/craw

Deeper structure = both

[NateFollmer]

I'm gonna take a different approach here...

Besides the cover (like everyone else has stated), I throw the T-rig a lot more after cold fronts or colder water conditions when the fish want a smaller profile. Yes you can get small jigs, but I just feel like the T-rig seems to catch more lockjawed fish

[SoFlaBassAddict]

For heavier cover I like the t-rig. I just can't get a jig through cover like some of the other guys can. Right now I'm having good success with one rod having a 3/8 jig on it in an appropriate color. A second rod I'm using a Rage Lobster t-rigged with weights from 1/4 to 1/2 depending on the depth and cover. If the bite is really good, I'll rig up a second rod with a t-rigged lobster with a little more weight to work some of the drop offs down here as well for the larger fish. Btw, the Lobster is very quickly becoming my favorite lure to throw. I believe RW uses this thing as a jig trailer for a huge profiled bait also.

Yep, 3/4 oz GMAN Mop jig/ Rage Tail Lobster.

I also agree with your breakdown of the choice:

Jigs hang up much more often than a weedless

T-rig. Both presentations areVERY similar.

8-)

Once I figured out that I can use a jig a lot like a t-rig, my catch rate has gone way up.  I'm still learning the how the fish bite them though.  It is surprisingly different than the normal tap tap feeling on a t-rig.  Most of the fish I've caught on a jig have been the mushy feeling bites where they inhale and just kind of hold it in place.  Thank god for megastrike.  I probably would have never had the chance to set a hook on those fish without it.

[The Bassinator]

I threw a t-rig today because we had a front move through. The fish where positioned on laydowns in shallow water and I was casting to the branches.  Got a couple decent two pounders.  The jig wasn't coming through the cover well and I was getting hung up so the t-rigs smaller profile and weedless hook saved the day for me!

[BassThumb]

Pretty simple decision for me.

Heavy cover = T-rig. I can't seem to get a jig through the really thick stuff.

Light cover/sparse weeds = jig/craw

Deeper structure = both

Same here. Around heavy cover, a person could always add a punch skirt to the T Rig for the best of both worlds. I have limited experience with punch skirts, but so far, so good. They give your T Rig a bigger profile while remaining sleek and easy to get thru the weeds.

[Fish-r]

Been wanting to really get to know my jigs as well, thanks for all the info

[Big Bait Fishing]

i rarely get to throw a jig in good spots cause of all the bottom grass in the lakes i fish . so that is my deciding factor , if there is grass -no jigs only texas rigged plastics .

[kikstand454]

i agree with all the above and would like to add that another deciding factor for me is the length of the cast im making.

if im pitching to a bank full of laydowns then i feel i can work a jig through there with some effort and i will go for the big bite. then i will follow up with a t-rig if i know the fish are there and didnt get the jig going.

if im casting a flat or something i tend to go with a t-rig because if i hit some trash and the end of a long cast i tend to come through it more cleanly with a t-rig.

basically i pitch a jig... i cast a t-rig.