Where to throw light T rigs?

[johnsmith]

For light T rigs like 1/8 - 1/4, what are some areas you guys would cast?

[newriverfisherman1953]

I’d try to make it land in the water!?. Sorry!!  Sling it under docks, at brush and rocks. Openings in weeds. Open water. Throw it at everything. 

[DitchPanda]

I fish from shore...about the heaviest I ever go is 1\4...usually 3\16.

[Fishingmickey]

I like to use a 1/8 oz for fishing over and through hydrilla. The lighter weight keeps in from sinking deep into the weeds. Hit the weeds, the rod loads up, jiggle it free and sometimes it gets smashed after it has come free. 

FM

[Deephaven]

I like to use as light as I am patient enough to handle

[Jaderose]

The list of where I wouldn't throw it is waaaay shorter than where I would.

[WRB]

Since I have used 3/16 oz bullet weight for T-rigs 90% of the time the past 50 years guess I am a Light T-rig angler and didn’t know it!

Use this everywhere from 6” to 60’ deep.

Tom

[Bankbeater]

I start out with a 1/8 weight, and go from there.  The lighter weight makes it easier to get through rip rap.

[Bass90]

Throw them the same places you’d throw a heavier one. Sometimes a lighter weight will make all the difference 

[MN Fisher]

15 minutes ago, Deephaven said:

I like to use as light as I am patient enough to handle

I'm with my 'neighbor' - as light as I'm patient for - sometimes as low as 1/16oz.

[padon]

lots of places. docks sparse grass , laydowns . anywhere you would throw a heavier one. if the water is fairly shallow and the winds are light i rarely use over 3/16 unless im trying to get down in the weeds.

[papajoe222]

I use as light a weight as I can for Texas rigs. As long as I can maintain contact and control of the worm, I'm good to go.  Are there situations when I go heavier than that?  Sure, sometimes I want a faster fall rate, or more feel for the bottom and then there are specific presentations that are optimal with a heavier weight.

[Catt]

6 hours ago, WRB said:

Since I have used 3/16 oz bullet weight for T-rigs 90% of the time the past 50 years guess I am a Light T-rig angler and didn’t know it!

The is everywhere from 6” to 60’ deep.

Tom

 

Guess I am to ?

 

1/16-1/4 from bank shallow to 30'

 

[Mbirdsley]

Any where really. outside of clumps of pads out side of reed walls, under docks, along rocks in socks while eating green eggs and ham.

 

another good place is holes in dense what I call snot grass or any other holes in reeds 

[Biglittle8]

I use Texas rigs a lot... I'll use 1/8 to 3/16 oz drifting ledges and drop offs in the heat of the summer, I just let it hit bottom (if it makes it there without a hit) and drag and lift. Sometimes I'll put a small split shot about two feet up from my rig ( kinda like a carolina rig) for a different presentation. From the bank, I'll throw it just about everywhere, especially parallel to weed beds.

[Fishes in trees]

Do you mean light in terms of weight or light in terms of line?   Because when I throw a T-rig, it is generally into some sort of brush/cover/structure.   Mostly a wood/grass or a brush /grass situation and so using light line seems more or less like I'm asking for it, so I don't.

 

That being said, I don't consider 15 lb Abrazx light, and that is what I generally throw, with either a 3/16 or 1/4 or 5/16 tungsten weight.   For 10" power worms ( which I use often enough that I have a rig dedicated to that ), I favor 17 Abrazx and either 5/16 or 3/8 oz weight.   MY bubba drop shot rig currently has 20 lb Abrazx and I generally start with a half ounce weight.

 

I generally carry a jig rod with 10 lb line but I don't throw a tx rig on it.   I'll generally have some sort of quarter ounce jig with a soft plastic on that one.   Sometimes the bait will be tx rigged on the jig head and often not.

[EWREX]

always throw as light as possible where you can get away with it! 1/8, 3/16, 1/4 are my favorite to toss

[BrianMDTX]

Well, all I can say is that A- I fish a lot of shallow 4’-8’ deep ponds that B- have mostly mucky bottoms, so weightless or 1/8 oz is the way to go to avoid dredging up too much junk. Texas rigged Senkos and Neko Machos cast well from my baitcasters without any weight, and most of my Zoom Tricks, creature baits, etc. are tossed on my spinning rigs. 
 

I cast them in cover, weed beds and open water. Catch bass in all those spots. But it’s shallow water, which helps. 

[Cdn Angler]

I use 1/16th or 1/32 even with a creature bait. I find this works great if I want to fish it like a topwater as it won't sink too fast.  I mainly use these weights around sparse lily pads, where I can fish it like a toad on top, or kill it and let it sink (slowly) in any gaps. Seems to work for me.  I prefer a slow sink if fishing in shallow rather than something that just rockets to the bottom. 

[Deleted account]

Except for specific or niche presentations like punching, pitching heavy cover, fishing deep, or stroking and the like, I'm going with the lightest weight I can get away with, starting with none, so pretty much everywhere.

[Alex from GA]

If there's not too much wind I'll use 1/16th oz for 12' and under and 1/8th for deeper.