I'll just leave this for you Catt

[Dypsis]

http://www.bassmaster.com/news/goodbye-texas-rig

 

@Catt

 

While I use many of the techniques listed, T-Rig is still king for me.  

[S. Sass]

6 minutes ago, Dypsis said:

T-Rig is still king for me

I second that. I don't see it going anywhere for a long time.

 

Of course with the propaganda from the elite, the sponsors, and media eventually sure it may subside.  And like the ned rig it will make a comeback in 20 years. Anglers will run around touting how great the bite was and if it wasn't for the great T-Rig they wouldn't have caught that tournament winning fish.  

 

 

[A-Jay]

Just because some anglers stop fish something - doesn't mean it's still not effective.

 

Real Bassheads know what's up.

 

A-Jay

[roadwarrior]

Try the J-rig and you might change your mind.

 

[Choporoz]

Kent, you're killing me....I'm still working on my crig, neko, ned, jika, ultraballfinesse, swingjig....never mind good old fashioned jigs and trigs and shaky heads....techniques...now...just what in tarnation is a jrig???

[Steveo-1969]

5 minutes ago, Choporoz said:

Kent, you're killing me....I'm still working on my crig, neko, ned, jika, ultraballfinesse, swingjig....never mind good old fashioned jigs and trigs and shaky heads....techniques...now...just what in tarnation is a jrig???

 

I'm assuming RW was talking about a Jika rig. That one hasn't even made my long list yet, let alone my short list! I added the Ned rig to the list 2 seasons ago and still haven't learned how to catch a fish on that darn thing...

[Oklahoma Mike]

3 hours ago, Steveo-1969 said:

 

I'm assuming RW was talking about a Jika rig. That one hasn't even made my long list yet, let alone my short list! I added the Ned rig to the list 2 seasons ago and still haven't learned how to catch a fish on that darn thing...

 

Its very easy. Here's a step by step guide for you:

 

Step 1: Throw it in the water.

 

Step 2: Reel it in. 

 

Step 3: Take off fish. 

 

[OkobojiEagle]

6 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Just because some anglers stop fish something - doesn't mean it's still not effective.

 

Real Bassheads know what's up.

 

A-Jay

 

doesn't mean it's still not effective... or doesn't mean it's not still effective?

 

oe

[A-Jay]

10 minutes ago, OkobojiEagle said:

 

doesn't mean it's still not effective... or doesn't mean it's not still effective?

 

oe

 

Yes

A-Jay

[RoLo]

On 1/27/2017 at 7:17 PM, Oklahoma Mike said:

 

Its very easy. Here's a step by step guide for you:

 

Step 1: Throw it in the water.

 

Step 2: Reel it in. 

 

Step 3: Take off fish. 

 

 

 

 

I've mastered Step 1 & Step 2, but it's Step 3 that eludes me  

 

Roger

[Raul]

7 hours ago, Choporoz said:

Kent, you're killing me....I'm still working on my crig, neko, ned, jika, ultraballfinesse, swingjig....never mind good old fashioned jigs and trigs and shaky heads....techniques...now...just what in tarnation is a jrig???

 

Man, that's a lot of rigs ..... don't know why you need to master so many, all you need to master is -----> Texas rig !

[Turkey sandwich]

Still, even if you don't like fishing classic rigs like Carolina and Texas rigs, they're sprobably the first rigs you should learn.  They teach you how to keep bottom contact, read the bottom and offer huge varieties of lures and presentations.  I'm guilty of not fishing them as often as I used to, but if I were to fish a tournament on a reservoir, you'd bet I'd be throwing one or the other.  

 

If you can fish a T-rig well, you can fish jigs, drop shot, shaky head, and virtually anything else that keeps bottom contact competently.  

[Catt]

Standard article the comes out every so often

[roadwarrior]

 

["hamma"]

As fire marshall Bill states: "lemmie tell ya somethin!"

 All these so-called new rigs come and go,...and some "may" stay.

 Bass will still strike at the head of their quarry, the ever so effective texas rig will always have its place,...ALWAYS!

 

  The drop shot? really isnt "new", maybe newish to bass fishing,...But not new to fishing at all. Ive got old cod fishing rigs that are exactly, yeah "exactly" the same thing. And also have been catching squid at a local pier with the same concept for many years before it showed up in the bass fishing world.

 

 The ned rig?,...a modified jighead and plastic

 

 The alabama rigs?  umbrella rigs been catching salty fish for years, before it appeared in the freshwater realm

 

 The list goes on and on. What you see arrive in bass fishing today, was most likely effective elsewhere previously, usually ingeniously modified to fit a freshwater bass angling bill,...but not "new"

 

 Neko? a weighted senko

 

Jika? I dont even know what it is.,..so I wont comment

 

 The tried and true texas rig, is a staple for a reason, It slips through and over cover easily, and the hook is placed at the head where most fish will strike. And why did it come to fruition to begin with? Because bass love weeds. Fish a exposed hook through a huge weedbed and you too will understand.

 

 Goodbye to the texas rig?,..Im still laughing. 

 P.S. How dare they expose my stand-up jighead secret! Blasphomy says I !!!,...Dang creatons !! ,...lol

[scaleface]

6 hours ago, Turkey sandwich said:

Still, even if you don't like fishing classic rigs like Carolina and Texas rigs, they're sprobably the first rigs you should learn.  They teach you how to keep bottom contact, read the bottom and offer huge varieties of lures and presentations.  I'm guilty of not fishing them as often as I used to, but if I were to fish a tournament on a reservoir, you'd bet I'd be throwing one or the other.  

 

If you can fish a T-rig well, you can fish jigs, drop shot, shaky head, and virtually anything else that keeps bottom contact competently.  

This ^^

 

The most important moment  in my "bass" fishing life is when I caught my first bass on a Texas rig . I was trying to mimic a jig and pig another angler was having success on . My rig included a bullet weight black spinnerbait skirt   and a black double tail Mister Twister grub .  I was lifting and dropping it in rip rap  , felt the tic  , reeled down and set the hook . From that moment on I was a much better angler .

[Mike L]

Mama once told me.."Michael, don't believe everything you hear"....She was a smart lady

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

[scbassin]

I have to keep this a secret because no one told the bass on Santee Cooper that the T-rig no longer works.

[Jeff H]

 

Texas rig will never die where the green grass grows!  I've been experimenting with jika rig but it could NEVER stand in place of the texas rig where I live. 

[smalljaw67]

I fish the 5" Senko T-rigged weightless most of the time. Wacky rigging is what I do with more finesse baits like the 4" slender Senko and the 3" Senko.

[.ghoti.]

If I'm bass fishing, I will always have at least one rod with a T-rig.

[kadas]

 Agree with ghoti--always have T-rig tied on an outfit and on the deck of my boat

2 hours ago, .ghoti. said:

If I'm bass fishing, I will always have at least one rod with a T-rig.

 

[Gundog]

Lets face it, these new rigs are about getting us bass anglers to spend more money on new items/lures/reels/rods. Yea they work, so does the T-rig, rattle traps, jigs and other lures and rigs we've used since the 70's or further back. Don't fall for it.