T-rig or wacky ?

[N Florida Mike]

Which works better ?

I have tried the wacky rig and rarely catch anything, mainly just clumps of weeds. Not so with the T rig.  I’m mainly referring to senko use . I know some of y’all do well  with wacky rigged worms too. Not me. 
I did have a friend fish with me once and we tied with 15 each- him with a wacky senko, me with a T rigged super fluke ( of course ). I tried a wacky rigged senko later, and quickly went back to catching weed clumps.?

[softwateronly]

T-rig for me, I have the same issue with wacky, nothing but weeds and I lose interest...

 

scott

[Bird]

If I'm skipping docks, Wacky is all I use.

A wacky rigged senko skips better than any bait I've tried.

Day in day out, hard to beat a Texas rig worm though. 

[Aaron_H]

The Texas rig is more versatile for me, I often end up working it like a fluke and I can throw it in the slop.

 

But the wacky rig has given me my best numbers days as well as my biggest senko fish.

[geo g]

The bass will tell you what they want that day, that hour, and that minute.  In weeds I throw a Texas rig 90% of the time with some form of plastic.  Worms, senkos, creature baits, U-vibes,  swimbaits, and Flukes, are all on the menu. 

 

 I usually use a wacky rig only on deep ledges, and steep drop offs.  I will hug the drop off and fish parallel to the deep ledge. I let the bait drop to the bottom on slack line, and then snap it up off the bottom, and then fall again on slack line.  Canal ledges are my fav area to throw it.  Usually they are straight down and 8 to 14 feet deep.  The fish will tell you how long to let it sit between snaps.  For me this technique has saved many a painfully slow day!!!!!

 

Instead of senko type baits, I like Zoom Trick Worms.  They are longer, when hooked in the middle you get great action from the two sides both on the snap off the bottom, and the fall back to the bottom.  They are irresistible at times!

[TnRiver46]

I never wacky rig. I don’t like getting stuck 

[BrianMDTX]

I like fishing both. I’d say I average more bass on a wacky rig but bigger bass on a Texas rig. 
 

Regardless, to me, nothing beats working a TR and feeling that tap-tap-tap and setting the hook. It’s my favorite way to fish. 

[NorcalBassin]

Wacky hands down for me, but I'm usually fishing open water/rock and the outside of weedlines on the rare occasion I'm around weeds. If there was more vegetation where I fish I'm sure that would change.

[ironbjorn]

Texas because of how I fish

[GRiver]

Texas rig “hands down”  for me. 
I don’t fish wacky much, only around docks and other structures wit limited or no weeds.

[T-Billy]

6 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

I never wacky rig. I don’t like getting stuck 

Berkley Fusion weedless wacky hooks are awesome. I fish them through some fairly gnarly stuff. The flouro weedguards work well and are durable.

[Catt]

Texas Rig ?

 

I hate gut hooking fish & a Wacky Rig gut hook more fish than a Texas Rig.

[Mike L]

T Rig

I can’t stand that slow, light line, finessey stuff. 
 

 

 

Mike

[Deleted account]

I catch way more fish on the t-rig, but that's just cause I hardly ever wacky rig.

[scaleface]

Texas rig . I  never got into wacky rigging . Where I fish it just doesnt seem feasible .

[DitchPanda]

I don't wacky rig much..now Texas rig is something I have tied on in some shape or form almost all year.

[LonnieP]

I’ve been catching bass for many years on a Texas rig, the few times I’ve thrown a wacky rig it was unproductive.

[Catt]

22 minutes ago, scaleface said:

Texas rig . I  never got into wacky rigging . Where I fish it just doesnt seem feasible .

 

Instead of Wacky Rigging I Texas Rig a Trick Worm weightless & add nail weight about 3/8" to tail. It will fall flat/horizontal, Twich it like a Fluke, let it free fall in timber or on a grassline, or drag/hop it on the bottom.

 

[detroit1]

The Catts outta the bag...?

[Mike L]

22 minutes ago, Catt said:

 

Instead of Wacky Rigging I Texas Rig a Trick Worm weightless & add nail weight about 3/8" to tail. It will fall flat/horizontal, Twich it like a Fluke, let it free fall in timber or on a grassline, or drag/hop it on the bottom.

 

I’ve been using a nail weight more and more lately. 
Historically I don’t throw a lot of stand alone t-rigged stick baits.
But when I do by adding a nail to the tail and throwing it on the outside of a grass or reed line, the effect it gives by gliding underneath a few feet instead of falling straight has been particularly effective. 
 

 

 

 

Mike

[Team9nine]

Well, I’m not much help here… ? 

 

I don’t fish “Senkos,” unless they’ve been cut in half - lol - and its probably been at least 6 years or more since I last “Texas rigged” a soft plastic. I do wacky rig a ton every year, but always jighead wacky, if that counts.

[NoShoes]

Somehow my hook up ratio sucks with wacky rig. Texas rig for me. Skips fine on a baitcaster

[Bankbeater]

I see a lot of anglers fishing with wacky rigs, but I fish t-rigs and haven't fished a wacky rig in years.  A lot of the water I fish have thick vegetation and brush in them.

[WRB]

Wacky rig Senko with Owner weedless jungle wacky hook size 1. If it needs to go down head first add 3/32 oz nail weight. I don’t cast Senko’s into the weeds.

Tom

[Hammer 4]

T rig for me.