T-Rig

[Red]

i tried searching for this but my computer keeps locking up then giving me an error...

how exactly do you retrieve a T-rigged worm, tube etc?

where would i use this as opposed to a C-Rig?

thanks

Cliff

[bassman00012]

For T-rigged tubes, I just throw it out, and drag it back in using short little hops. I never do anything too drastic though. Some times I hop it but most of the time I switch off from drags to hops. For worms, it's almost the same thing.

[Catt]

Ok I'll do it again  

I was introduced to the Texas Rig back in 1972 while the equipment has changed the technique is still the same. The Texas Rig was originally designed to fish a plastic worm but today it is used with any type of soft plastic.

1) Make a long cast

2) Strip 3 or 4 arms length of line, this will assure a vertical fall

3) Count the bait down, 15' of water count to 20 to make certain the bait is on the bottom, do it in your head if need be

4) Pause a good 30 seconds after the bait reaches bottom

5) Lower your rod to the 3 o'clock position while reeling slack & feel for anything unusual

6) Move the rod from 3 o'clock to 1 o'clock in three motions

7) Pause 30 seconds & feel for anything unusual

8) Repeat 5, 6, & 7 all the way back to the boat

9) If at any time you feel a noticeable tap, tug, line tighten, heaviness, or see line movement.

10) Without hesitation drop the rod, reel the slack, and set the hook

[David P]

Ok I'll do it again  

I was introduced to the Texas Rig back in 1972 while the equipment has changed the technique is still the same. The Texas Rig was originally designed to fish a plastic worm but today it is used with any type of soft plastic.

1) Make a long cast

2) Strip 3 or 4 arms length of line, this will assure a vertical fall

3) Count the bait down, 15' of water count to 20 to make certain the bait is on the bottom, do it in your head if need be

4) Pause a good 30 seconds after the bait reaches bottom

5) Lower your rod to the 3 o'clock position while reeling slack & feel for anything unusual

6) Move the rod from 3 o'clock to 1 o'clock in three motions

7) Pause 30 seconds & feel for anything unusual

8) Repeat 5, 6, & 7 all the way back to the boat

9) If at any time you feel a noticeable tap, tug, line tighten, heaviness, or see line movement.

10) Without hesitation drop the rod, reel the slack, and set the hook

Greatly written.

[Stringjam]

There are times when swimming a TX rig worm with a light weight will KILL.  It has probably been my most consistent post-spawn technique in the past 4 years - when there is enough shallow cover still present and post-spawn females haven't moved into deeper water.      

Fish it just like a spinnerbait (everybody else will be throwing a spinnerbait - perhaps further increasing the effectiveness of the technique).    

[SPAZ]

Ok I'll do it again  

I was introduced to the Texas Rig back in 1972 while the equipment has changed the technique is still the same. The Texas Rig was originally designed to fish a plastic worm but today it is used with any type of soft plastic.

1) Make a long cast

2) Strip 3 or 4 arms length of line, this will assure a vertical fall

3) Count the bait down, 15' of water count to 20 to make certain the bait is on the bottom, do it in your head if need be

4) Pause a good 30 seconds after the bait reaches bottom

5) Lower your rod to the 3 o'clock position while reeling slack & feel for anything unusual

6) Move the rod from 3 o'clock to 1 o'clock in three motions

7) Pause 30 seconds & feel for anything unusual

8) Repeat 5, 6, & 7 all the way back to the boat

9) If at any time you feel a noticeable tap, tug, line tighten, heaviness, or see line movement.

10) Without hesitation drop the rod, reel the slack, and set the hook

Great stuff.  Thank You.

[.ghoti.]

Do just as Catt suggests. Also try mixing in a few very short twitches, moving the bait only an inch or two at a time. Every now and then pop it up off the bottom three or four feet, and let it fall while you watch the line. Most of the time, Catt's system will do the trick. Every now and then they want something a little different. Swimming it a foot above the bottom can be deadly at times, but is very difficult to do. It is easy to loose track of where in the water column you're at. Swim it too fast, and you're way above the bottom.

Just experiment and have fun with it.

Use a t-rig in places where you can't fish a c-rig without getting it hung up.

Cheers,

GK

[Red]

thanks everyone, appreciate the tips!

Cliff

[Guest avid]

I have a completley different theory about t rigged plastic worms

I believe they are a relatively fast fished bait.

Use enough weight to get the bait to the bottom fairly quickly.   Let it sit a moment or two, jerk the rod tip up causing the worm to jump a few feet off the bottom and let it fall straight down on slack line.  Pause another moment or two then twitch twitch.  If no strikes retrieve quickly and cast and repeat to the next target.

the only baits I fish slowly are weightless senko's, finesse worms, flukes etc.

[slarose20]

I use a T-Rig most of the time... just bounce across the bottom.  

Now for the C-Rig i use this mostly when the weeds are very thick and i want it to stay somewhat above the weeds.  Just my personal preferences.  Hope this helps.

SteveL

[SPAZ]

How do you guys fish a t-rigged sweet beaver?