Micro Weedless Texas Rig

[Jonas Staggs]

thought I would share something I have been doing when micro fishing small plastics, and needing them to be weedless. You can use a  size 12 or 14 kahle hook and "texas rig" small plastics with it, as the kahle hook has a similar shape and flat line, then use a 1/16th oz bullet weight and you got a micro weedless texas rig. 

[Bluebasser86]

They make some pretty tiny worm hooks, how small of plastics are you using?

 

[JustJames]

I think it might be better of with CB slider Crappie jig. The 1/16oz #1 hook is good for 2.5-4.5” worm.

[Jonas Staggs]

1 hour ago, Bluebasser86 said:

They make some pretty tiny worm hooks, how small of plastics are you using?

 

i believe they are 1 inch grubs. Small plastics I could rig on 1/64 or 1/32 oz jigs.

1 hour ago, Bass_Fishing_Socal said:

I think it might be better of with CB slider Crappie jig. The 1/16oz #1 hook is good for 2.5-4.5” worm.

I wasnt aware of those until searching it now.

[evo2s197]

1/16 bullet weight is a little heavy for your micro texas rig, I use 1/32 tungsten bullets it's a better matched weight for small plastics you speak of.

 

Have you tried a micro shaky head? 

I do extremely well with this setup, makes the "ned rig" obsolete for myself.

[Jonas Staggs]

41 minutes ago, evo2s197 said:

1/16 bullet weight is a little heavy for your micro texas rig, I use 1/32 tungsten bullets it's a better matched weight for small plastics you speak of.

 

Have you tried a micro shaky head? 

I do extremely well with this setup, makes the "ned rig" obsolete for myself.

 

 

man that sicks! I have never heard of micro shakey head. but I am all about throwing smaller lures. I have caught some like maybe 3 lbs on tiny grubs etc. which is bigger bass for me...What type of fish and how big are you catching on that?

[evo2s197]

15 minutes ago, Jonas Staggs said:

 

 

man that sicks! I have never heard of micro shakey head. but I am all about throwing smaller lures. I have caught some like maybe 3 lbs on tiny grubs etc. which is bigger bass for me...What type of fish and how big are you catching on that?

I live in California so my target fish is primarily largemouth because that's the dominate species in my area  with a few spots and smallies mixed in if I fish lakes that have them.

 

I pull out the micro shaky head if it's a tough bite, or I go really big, one extreme or the other works if the bite is tough.

 

I've caught bass up to 6 lbs on that micro shaky head but the average is around 2 lbs.

[Obi_Wan]

1 hour ago, evo2s197 said:

1/16 bullet weight is a little heavy for your micro texas rig, I use 1/32 tungsten bullets it's a better matched weight for small plastics you speak of.

 

Have you tried a micro shaky head? 

I do extremely well with this setup, makes the "ned rig" obsolete for myself.

What worm is that?  That looks like it would be killer on some local rivers I fish.

[WRB]

Don Iovino Tiny Meanes with size 1 worm hook and 1/16 oz bullet weight dates back into the 80's or 30 years.

Tom

[Jonas Staggs]

1 hour ago, evo2s197 said:

I live in California so my target fish is primarily largemouth because that's the dominate species in my area  with a few spots and smallies mixed in if I fish lakes that have them.

 

I pull out the micro shaky head if it's a tough bite, or I go really big, one extreme or the other works if the bite is tough.

 

I've caught bass up to 6 lbs on that micro shaky head but the average is around 2 lbs.

your tossing the micro shakey head on a UL rod? how does that work pulling out 6 lbs bass? 

[evo2s197]

8 minutes ago, Jonas Staggs said:

your tossing the micro shakey head on a UL rod? how does that work pulling out 6 lbs bass? 

I use a St. Croix Legend Elite Panfish 7ft Light Extra Fast rod, it works perfectly fine. 

[Jonas Staggs]

58 minutes ago, evo2s197 said:

I use a St. Croix Legend Elite Panfish 7ft Light Extra Fast rod, it works perfectly fine. 

so your rod is a Light, not a UL than right? I get most my fishing gear from walmart, but I can only find ML or UL, no Light rods.

[WRB]

21 minutes ago, Jonas Staggs said:

so your rod is a Light, not a UL than right? I get most my fishing gear from walmart, but I can only find ML or UL, no Light rods.

Most standard " trout" spinning rods are light to ML.

Tom

[Catt]

Z-Man Finesse Bulletz Weedless Jigheads

 

 

[evo2s197]

6 hours ago, Jonas Staggs said:

so your rod is a Light, not a UL than right? I get most my fishing gear from walmart, but I can only find ML or UL, no Light rods.

It's a light power rod with a extra fast action.

[WRB]

Light/1 power rod needs to have 4# line that is compatible to the hook wire diameter and a very sharp hook, it's a system that works together with tiny t-rigged worms. You can go smaller using skinny trout plastic worms.

Tom

[Beeno]

Doesn’t everyone make weed less Ned heads nowadays 

[Obi_Wan]

On 6/2/2020 at 8:14 PM, evo2s197 said:

1/16 bullet weight is a little heavy for your micro texas rig, I use 1/32 tungsten bullets it's a better matched weight for small plastics you speak of.

 

Have you tried a micro shaky head? 

I do extremely well with this setup, makes the "ned rig" obsolete for myself.

3” Charlie Brewer slider?

[Ogandrews]

Owner makes a pretty good tiny weedless jig, can’t remember what it’s called but it has a dangerously sharp hook. I’ve used it to throw little trout plastics around wood and rocks when I’m fishing for se Minnesota’s wild browns in the winter. One of my favorite plastics for that is a 3” jackal crosstail Shad, or half of a strike king dream shot.

 

edit- found it, comes in a football head too 

[evo2s197]

8 hours ago, Obi_Wan said:

3” Charlie Brewer slider?

Yes that's it.

6 hours ago, Ogandrews said:

Owner makes a pretty good tiny weedless jig, can’t remember what it’s called but it has a dangerously sharp hook. I’ve used it to throw little trout plastics around wood and rocks when I’m fishing for se Minnesota’s wild browns in the winter. One of my favorite plastics for that is a 3” jackal crosstail Shad, or half of a strike king dream shot.

 

edit- found it, comes in a football head too 

If you want a better version that's more finesse and has a better line tie placement try the Decoy Nail Bomb VJ-71 with a #2 hook.

 

Or the Decoy Decibo VJ-36 with a #2  hook.

[fishwizzard]

On 6/4/2020 at 6:21 AM, evo2s197 said:

Yes that's it.

If you want a better version that's more finesse and has a better line tie placement try the Decoy Nail Bomb VJ-71 with a #2 hook.

 

Or the Decoy Decibo VJ-36 with a #2  hook.

The Nail Bombs also have more length between the weight and the bend, which can dramatically improve the life for some plastics.  I think the ones pictured are 1/0 hooks, but they might be the #1 ones, I can't remember when I switched. 

 

[Jonas Staggs]

On 6/2/2020 at 6:14 PM, evo2s197 said:

1/16 bullet weight is a little heavy for your micro texas rig, I use 1/32 tungsten bullets it's a better matched weight for small plastics you speak of.

 

Have you tried a micro shaky head? 

I do extremely well with this setup, makes the "ned rig" obsolete for myself.

Where do you get that? I search tackle warehouse and cannot find it.

 

For weedless ewg jig head, I can only find Charlie brewer slider head in 1/32 oz

 

All the other jig heads I can find with ewg hook smallest size is 1/16th oz.

[Jonas Staggs]

On 6/2/2020 at 6:14 PM, evo2s197 said:

1/16 bullet weight is a little heavy for your micro texas rig, I use 1/32 tungsten bullets it's a better matched weight for small plastics you speak of.

 

Have you tried a micro shaky head? 

I do extremely well with this setup, makes the "ned rig" obsolete for myself.

 

 

What worm is that?

[BrianMDTX]

Oh man. The Monkey is chattering! 

[evo2s197]

8 hours ago, Jonas Staggs said:

 

 

What worm is that?

Charlie brewer 3 inch dropshot worm.

 

https://www.sliderfishing.com/category.sc?categoryId=10

 

 

https://www.sliderfishing.com/product.sc?productId=766&categoryId=7