Soft Plastics??

[Gsickels3]

Hello everyone,

I have bought various soft plastics such as power worms, various creatures, and flukes. What ways do you guys fish soft plastics. I have heard carolina and texas rigs, is there other ways to fish them? Thanks!

[Comfortably Numb]

Most popular methods you can research are

 

Texas rig

Carolina rig

Shakeyhead

Wacky rig

Dropshop rig

Jika rig

Rage rig

mojo rig

splitshot rig

[florida_bass_assassin]

I almost always fish them texas rigged with no weight. i find it easier to control them that way and any fish will hit them. Senkos and flukes are my two preferences, and i find that most of my bites come from a sporadic jigging pattern with short pauses. With senkos the best action comes from letting it sink to the bottom right off of the cast, and jigging it a few times, with a short pause, and repeat. Flukes you can fish in every part of the water column depending on where the fish are biting and the depth of the water. After using this method a few times you will start to become comfortable with the movement of your baits and you will start catching more fish.

[Gsickels3]

Thanks for the help! I will research those rigs and try Texas rigging them without a weight tomorrow. Do you Texas Rig flukes also?

[WRB]

Every soft plastic you mentioned can be fished on a jig as a trailer.

Shaky head jig

Ball head jig

Darter head jig

Arkie head jig

Flukes and creature both work very well on a keel weighted EWG hook.

Drop shot both worms and Senkos.

Plus the standard;

Texas rig

Florida rig

Carolina rig

Those should keep you busy for awhile.

Tom

[florida_bass_assassin]

Thanks for the help! I will research those rigs and try Texas rigging them without a weight tomorrow. Do you Texas Rig flukes also?

Yes I do the same thing with flukes, but they are usually a faster action. Instead of letting them sink, I give them harder jerks, but still use the random jerking sets, and the pauses. 

 

What does the area that you are fishing in look like?

[Gsickels3]

I fish in Iowa. I mostly fish farm ponds. The one I most frequently fish is about 4 acres with 2 small coves. This is a stocked pond that has been stocked for over 10 years. There is not a lot of cover in this pond. There are small Oak and Evergreen trees around the pond.

[florida_bass_assassin]

okay if the water is pretty clear then use natural colors like watermelon red, watermelon seed, and pumpkin. If its not as clear use dark colors like junebug and black. Also use the fan method, which is cast on both sides of you adjacent to the shoreline, and then cast increasingly outwards and once you get straight out start to cast inwards on the other side. Like a how a fan would move back and forth.