Tried Something New With Texas Rigs

[Catch and Grease]

So I've always just used the lightest weight I can get away with for Texas rigs besides when fishing matted grass/hydrilla or something like that, but today I deciedied to give heavy weights a try with a rage craw on the rig. It worked well even though it was shallow and could have easily been fished weightless but I liked it because it caught just as many fish as a weightless approach but I could catch fish and cover water a lot faster...

I was just giving it a really fast hop and letting it fall and as soon as it hit the bottom I would give it another pop or two, occasionally letting it sit motionless for about 10 seconds. I'll definitely be trying this more.

I did it because of the recent talks about fishing Texas rigs slow/fast

Idk if it would work with baits that aren't imitating craws like trick worms or creatures, it had the perfect craw action with the sudden jolts of movement!

[Jar11591]

One reason I sometimes like heavier bullets is for bottom contact. I love being able to feel the bottom and what structure is down there. If it's windy, or if the fish aren't hitting on the fall, I'll upsize to 1/4 oz. or more.

[FrogFreak]

I saw Ish catching fish around docks a while back on MLF I think and he said the key was a heavier weight. Not sure if it was the faster fall rate or what. It all depends on what the bass want that day I suppose.

[TTS]

Its often been said to go as light as you can get away with.  I like to use as heavy as I can get away with instead.  If they'll hit a 1/4oz. as good as an 1/8oz., I'm going to throw the heavier weight.  It lets me fish faster, cover more water, and contact more fish.  I'll go as light as I need to, but usually start out a heavier than lighter.  Tom

[Catch and Grease]

Lol I don't know the specific weights of my sinkers... I just have a big pile and I eyeball it and just grab the right size one for the job.... Maybe I need to get more organized

[Fish Murderer 71]

The Water Authority kills off most of the grass (or adds grass carp) in the lakes I fish around here in East Texas- so Punching through matted grass isn't an option.  Most of the time I'll rage rig creature baits for shallow, and T-rig with 1/4 oz for 10-15' waters and 1/2 oz up to 25'.  Anything deeper and I go 3/4-1 oz depending on wind.

[Catch and Grease]

This is the size weight I was using, it seems a lot more than a 1/4oz lol, where I fish its 6 feet deep and has a good bit of grass but I wasn't fishing really heavy grass.

[stk]

Nice job, sounds pretty close to fishing a jig to me though.  I may have to give this a try.