When do you Texas rig aa worm/senko?

[Sam]

Clemson dentist, I just figured out your problem.

 

You can throw any plastics you want Texas, Shakey Head, Drop Shot or Tokyo rigged, etc. as long as you yell "Geaux Tigers!"

 

Not Go Tigers. It's Geaux Tigers!!!! 

 

Now go out there and try some different rigs and baits and let us know how your Texas rigs do as compared to the other presentations you throw.

 

 

[MIbassyaker]

29 minutes ago, clemsondds said:

This is what I am wanting to hear...time and place for when you decide to use a worm over a squarebill/spinnerbait/crankbait. Which conditions. Love the responses so far! 

You are looking for simple rules-of-thumb to help you decide when vs. when not to throw a t-rig. The reality is, a texas rigged worm excels in a wider variety of situations than almost anything else. It makes more sense to ask this question about other baits before asking it about a t-rigged worm.

 

If you have more than one rod, there's an easy rule-of-thumb: tie a worm on one rod, and tie a moving bait on another rod. Try them both in each area you hit and let the fish tell you what they want. Whatever they bite, keep doing that. If they stop biting, change it up again.

 

If you have one rod, it's not a bad strategy to just put on the worm, lead with it and fish it everywhere. Exceptions might be (1) summer mornings and evenings, try topwater first, and (2) Spring and Fall, try a spinnerbait/chatterbait/crankbait/jerkbait first.

[clemsondds]

Thanks everyone. I always like to post these questions, just to hear everyone else’s options. Obviously I have my methods, but never hurts to hear other’s perspectives. I have found that I haven’t been fishing a trig as much, so thought I would get everyone’s thoughts. I have a tendency to throw shakyhead, jig, and wacky senko more. but great to hear other views. I know there are some diehard worm fans out there

[DitchPanda]

I dont fish a traditional weighted trigged worm very much anymore honeslty.. opting mostly for a creature bait or a jig instead.. I do fish a weightless stick bait mostly senkos, dingers or bps stick o a lot during summer usually over and through grass

 

[galyonj]

6 hours ago, WRB said:

My Texas rigged worms usually includes a glass faceted bead between the bullet weight because I like to shake, hop and drag worms.

Tom 

I'm curious: Do you always use the same color bead? Does bead color even matter, do you think?

[Catt]

I've said it many times in the past & will repeat it again.

 

I keep 2 setups on my deck 24/7/365, a Texas Rig & a Jig-n-Craw.

 

Why?

 

The #1 & #2 most productive techniques of all time are those two.

 

Like mentioned creatures, craws, & bugs can be substituted for the worm.

 

In my little pea brain a Texas Rig includes everything from a weightless presentation up to a punch rig...they are all Texas Rigs.

[WRB]

15 minutes ago, galyonj said:

I'm curious: Do you always use the same color bead? Does bead color even matter, do you think?

I like to use beads with similar predominate colors as the soft plastic; black, brown, purple, red and green. 

Tom

[Dens228]

41 minutes ago, Catt said:

I've said it many times in the past & will repeat it again.

 

I keep 2 setups on my deck 24/7/365, a Texas Rig & a Jig-n-Craw.

 

Why?

 

The #1 & #2 most productive techniques of all time are those two.

 

Like mentioned creatures, craws, & bugs can be substituted for the worm.

 

In my little pea brain a Texas Rig includes everything from a weightless presentation up to a punch rig...they are all Texas Rigs.

Same here, Plus either a swim jig, bladed jig, or underspin. 

[BigAngus752]

10 hours ago, clemsondds said:

Thanks! Do you use it mainly if you aren’t getting bit on moving baits (cover-squarebill, spinnerbait...) or do you lead with it? 

Totally dependant on the circumstances.  Here's one of many examples...it's high-sun summertime, blue bird skies, water temp is high, barometer is high and steady.  I'm going straight to shady laydowns and docks with three rods.  One has a t-rigged worm with a light, pegged weight.  One has a 8 inch + worm t-rigged with a 3/8 weight (not pegged).  The third has a wacky-rigged worm.  I'm fishing heavy cover / dark shade from 1ft deep laydowns to 9ft deep docks.  This pattern caught my most and largest fish in 2019.  

 

If circumstances are different and call for moving baits I keep a t-rig (and a wacky) on deck in case I want to be more thorough in an area or if I want to throw a follow-up to a miss on a mover.  

 

 

[clemsondds]

16 minutes ago, BigAngus752 said:

Totally dependant on the circumstances.  Here's one of many examples...it's high-sun summertime, blue bird skies, water temp is high, barometer is high and steady.  I'm going straight to shady laydowns and docks with three rods.  One has a t-rigged worm with a light, pegged weight.  One has a 8 inch + worm t-rigged with a 3/8 weight (not pegged).  The third has a wacky-rigged worm.  I'm fishing heavy cover / dark shade from 1ft deep laydowns to 9ft deep docks.  This pattern caught my most and largest fish in 2019.  

 

If circumstances are different and call for moving baits I keep a t-rig (and a wacky) on deck in case I want to be more thorough in an area or if I want to throw a follow-up to a miss on a mover.  

 

 

Thank you! Great response 

[MIbassyaker]

1 hour ago, BigAngus752 said:

Totally dependant on the circumstances.  Here's one of many examples...it's high-sun summertime, blue bird skies, water temp is high, barometer is high and steady.  I'm going straight to shady laydowns and docks with three rods.  One has a t-rigged worm with a light, pegged weight.  One has a 8 inch + worm t-rigged with a 3/8 weight (not pegged).  The third has a wacky-rigged worm.  I'm fishing heavy cover / dark shade from 1ft deep laydowns to 9ft deep docks.  This pattern caught my most and largest fish in 2019.  

 

If circumstances are different and call for moving baits I keep a t-rig (and a wacky) on deck in case I want to be more thorough in an area or if I want to throw a follow-up to a miss on a mover.  

 

 

 

Thinking about this description and the places I fish that would fit these conditions, I'm doing something similar....but if i've got shaded hard cover, there's no way I don't have a topwater -- a popper, say -- on one of those rods.  Maybe the heavy t-rig for bottom stuff in all depths, the wacky worm for mid-column, and a popper for the top.

[Koz]

Anywhere and everywhere. But the truth is, I probably don't fish it enough. It's just not as sexy as the other baits in my arsenal.

[jbsoonerfan]

I don't fish a T-Rig all the time, but I do every time.

[Bankbeater]

I use to think it was the bait that wasn’t getting bites. Over the past year or so if I can’t get a bite on a t-rig, I will switch over to a weightless rig or a split shot rig.